Dolan Mason Trail–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 3 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Coke Land near Harvard, MA. It climbs 782 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi256 – 548 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pin Hill Primary Trail (Yellow blaze) 42.50932, -71.58966
Nearest town Harvard, MA
Directions
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Dolan Mason Trail–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 3 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 782 ft · 3 hr 9 min
Elevation 255–549 ft
Out & Back · Coke Land
Trailhead: Pin Hill Primary Trail (Yellow blaze) · 42.50932, -71.58966
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pin Hill Primary Trail (Yellow blaze), heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading SE.
- 3.8 miContinue straight onto Dolan Mason Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right onto Dolan Mason Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Small Nature Trail (yellow blaze), heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Small Nature Trail (blue blaze), heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Small Nature Trail (yellow blaze), heading NW.
- 150 ftReach Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Small Nature Trail (blue blaze), heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Small Nature Trail (yellow blaze), heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dolan Mason Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Dolan Mason Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading E.
- 3.8 miTurn left onto Pin Hill Primary Trail (Yellow blaze), heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
OvercastTemperature 82°F63°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity73%
Rained 0.4″ yesterday (1.6″ 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°65°
Thu
87°68°
29%
Fri
95°71°
33%
Sat
93°70°
31%
Sun
96°69°
Mon
94°72°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3 mi · out & back · via Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail
- 3.9 mi · out & back · via Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail
- 4.2 mi · out & back · via Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail
- 6.7 mi · out & back · via Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail
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- Bare Hill Pond–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 297 ft
- (potential NHESP vernal pool)–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 221 ft
- Dean's Hill–Bare Hill Pond, 8 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 463 ft
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