Hobart Hill–Proctor Hill, 13 sights is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Beaver Brook Association near Brookline, NH. The route passes Hobart Hill, Shattuck Lot, Beaver Brook Association Pond and 2 more. It climbs 785 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Hobart Hill–Proctor Hill, 13 sights
12.5 mi · ▲ 785 ft · 4 hr 34 min
Elevation 247–491 ft
Out & Back · Beaver Brook Association
Trailhead: 42.73610, -71.65731
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 82°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Hobart Hill.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Shattuck Lot.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Tupelo Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Dam Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Old City Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Beaver Brook Association Pond.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Shoen Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Proctor Hill.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Elkins Road Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Self Guided Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Self Guided Nature Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftPass Self Guided Nature Viewpoint.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Ashcroft Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miReach Hobart Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Self Guided Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Self Guided Nature Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Elkins Road Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Shoen Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old City Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Dam Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tupelo Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.1 mi in (~165 min). Leave by 5:00 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from this trailhead
- Hobart Hill & Shattuck Lot 3.3 mi · ▲ 364 ft
- Pout Pond via Cider Mill Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 310 ft
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