Cataract Street & Silver Spring Trail via Cascades Trail

2 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 48 min

Cataract Street & Silver Spring Trail via Cascades Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near West Tatnuck, MA. It climbs 253 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi656 – 876 ft · steepest grade: 15%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.28354, -71.86890
Nearest town West Tatnuck, MA

Directions

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Cataract Street & Silver Spring Trail via Cascades Trail

2 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 48 min

Elevation 656–875 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 42.28354, -71.86890

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cascades Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Silver Spring Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Cascades Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cataract Street, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miReach Silver Spring Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Cascades Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Silver Spring Trail, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cascades Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead