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Fruitlands Museum

Dean's Hill–Bare Hill Pond, 7 sights

5 mi · ▲ 333 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Dean's Hill–Bare Hill Pond, 7 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Fruitlands Museum near Still River, MA. The route passes (potential NHESP vernal pool) and Bare Hill Pond before reaching Dean's Hill at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 333 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi348 – 509 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow Trail 42.50783, -71.61086
Nearest town Still River, MA
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Dean's Hill–Bare Hill Pond, 7 sights

5 mi · ▲ 333 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 348–508 ft

Out & Back · Fruitlands Museum

Trailhead: Yellow Trail · 42.50783, -71.61086

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Yellow Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  4. 150 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.6 miPass (potential NHESP vernal pool).
  7. 350 ftTurn left onto Clapp Trail (yellow blaze), heading SE.
  8. 450 ftTurn left onto Clapp Trail (yellow), heading SE.
  9. 450 ftPass Bare Hill Pond.
  10. 200 ftContinue straight onto Scorgie Trail (yellow), heading E.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Scorgie Trail, heading NE.
  12. 250 ftBear left onto Tufts Trail (yellow), heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Smith Trail (yellow), heading N.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.7 miSharp right onto Dean's Hill Trail, heading E.
  16. 50 ftReach Dean's Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 50 ftSharp left onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Smith Trail (yellow), heading E.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tufts Trail (yellow), heading SW.
  20. 0.3 miBear right onto Scorgie Trail, heading S.
  21. 250 ftTurn left onto Scorgie Trail (yellow), heading S.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Clapp Trail (yellow), heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right onto Clapp Trail (yellow blaze), heading SW.
  24. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 200 ftContinue straight onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading NW.
  26. 0.6 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading NE.
  27. 0.2 miBear right onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
  28. 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  29. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/deans-hill-potential-nhesp-vernal-pool-out-back-3-lakes-8-km

Trail surface

96% dirt4% grass

Weather

OvercastTemperature 82°F62°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity80%
Rained 0.5″ yesterday (1.7″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:42 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:04 PM
Wed 83°63°
Thu 86°68° 29%
Fri 95°71° 33%
Sat 92°70° 30%
Sun 95°69°
Mon 94°72°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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