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Joseph Allen Skinner State Park

Devil's Football–Dry Brook Trail, 3 sights

5.2 mi · ▲ 1,526 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Devil's Football–Dry Brook Trail, 3 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Joseph Allen Skinner State Park near Thermopylae, MA. It climbs 1,526 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi118 – 889 ft · steepest grade: 28%5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.28409, -72.59998
Nearest town Thermopylae, MA
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Devil's Football–Dry Brook Trail, 3 sights

5.2 mi · ▲ 1,526 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Elevation 118–891 ft

Out & Back · Joseph Allen Skinner State Park

Trailhead: 42.28409, -72.59998

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Dry Brook Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NE.
  4. 1.1 miBear left onto Devil's Football, heading NE.
  5. 0.5 miBear left onto Tramway, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Devil's Football, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miReach Dry Brook Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miBear right onto Tramway, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Devil's Football, heading E.
  10. 0.5 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
  11. 1.1 miTurn left onto Dry Brook Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miArrive 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/devils-football-dry-brook-trail-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

67% dirt33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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