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Bare Hill Pond–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 5 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Bare Hill Pond–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 5 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Sprague Land near Still River, MA. The route reaches Bare Hill Pond. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi348 – 420 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Field perimeter trail 42.47753, -71.61637
Nearest town Still River, MA
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Bare Hill Pond–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 5 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 347–420 ft

Out & Back · Sprague Land

Trailhead: Field perimeter trail · 42.47753, -71.61637

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Field perimeter trail, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miBear left onto Woods Road, heading N.
  3. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading N.
  5. 1.1 miPass Bare Hill Pond.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  7. 450 ftContinue straight onto Clapp Trail (blue), heading N.
  8. 500 ftTurn right onto Clapp Trail (yellow), heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Scorgie Trail (yellow), heading E.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Scorgie Trail, heading NE.
  11. 250 ftBear left onto Tufts Trail (yellow), heading SE.
  12. 350 ftBear right onto Tufts Trail (blue), heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miReach Bare Hill Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.3 miBear left onto Tufts Trail (yellow), heading W.
  15. 350 ftBear right onto Scorgie Trail, heading W.
  16. 250 ftTurn left onto Scorgie Trail (yellow), heading NW.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Clapp Trail (yellow), heading W.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left onto Clapp Trail (blue), heading W.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading SE.
  20. 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Woods Road, heading SW.
  22. 150 ftBear right onto Primary Trail, heading SW.
  23. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/deans-hill-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

99% dirt1% grass

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:42 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM — 15 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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