Don Mader Town Forest–Mount Lincoln, 5 sights
14 mi · ▲ 1,946 ft · 5 hr 38 min
Don Mader Town Forest–Mount Lincoln, 5 sights is a 14-mile out-and-back in Cadwell Memorial Forest near Meads Corner, MA. The route passes Scarboro Pond and Mount Lincoln before reaching Don Mader Town Forest at the turnaround, 7 miles in. It climbs 1,946 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Don Mader Town Forest–Mount Lincoln, 5 sights
14 mi · ▲ 1,946 ft · 5 hr 38 min
Elevation 515–1,229 ft
Out & Back · Cadwell Memorial Forest
Trailhead: NET Trail (white) · 42.35011, -72.43438
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on NET Trail (white), heading N.
- 50 ftPass Scarboro Pond.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Mount Lincoln.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.6 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Capen Street, heading S.
- 1.3 miReach Don Mader Town Forest, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right onto NET Trail (white), heading S.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:05 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from NET Trail (white) Trailhead
- Mount Orient–Mount Lincoln, 11 sights 12.6 mi · ▲ 2,153 ft
- Poverty Mountain–Mount Lincoln, 11 sights 12.8 mi · ▲ 2,149 ft
- Holland Glen Forest–Water Supply Land, 8 sights 11.1 mi · ▲ 1,591 ft
- Mount Lincoln–Scarboro Pond, 4 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 482 ft
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