Mount Misery & Mount Misery Viewpoint via Main Trail (red)
4.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Mount Misery & Mount Misery Viewpoint via Main Trail (red) is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Misery near Lincoln, MA. The route passes Mount Misery before reaching Mount Misery Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Misery & Mount Misery Viewpoint via Main Trail (red)
4.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 166–274 ft
Out & Back · Mount Misery
Trailhead: 42.42328, -71.31619
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Main Trail (red), heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 400 ftPass Mount Misery Viewpoint.
- 50 ftReach Mount Misery, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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