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Eagle Bridge Trail via Schmidt Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Douglas State Forest near Douglas, MA. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi650 – 738 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.04309, -71.76568
Nearest town Douglas, MA

Directions

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Eagle Bridge Trail via Schmidt Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 648–740 ft

Out & Back · Douglas State Forest

Trailhead: 42.04309, -71.76568

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 350 ftSharp right onto Grand Trunk Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Streeter Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 450 ftTurn left onto Schmidt Trail, heading NE.
  10. 450 ftTurn right onto Eagle Bridge Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.9 miReach Eagle Bridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.9 miTurn left onto Schmidt Trail, heading S.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 450 ftBear left onto Streeter Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left onto Grand Trunk Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
  17. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

29% dirt71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:12 PM — 6 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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