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John McCool Trail–Mt Tom North Accessible Trail, 3 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Tom State Reservation near Mount Tom, MA. It climbs 482 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 666 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mt Tom North Accessible Trail 42.28352, -72.62678
Nearest town Mount Tom, MA

Directions

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John McCool Trail–Mt Tom North Accessible Trail, 3 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 482 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 166–667 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tom State Reservation

Trailhead: Mt Tom North Accessible Trail · 42.28352, -72.62678

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mt Tom North Accessible Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Little Mountain Loop Trail, heading E.
  3. 200 ftContinue straight onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto John McCool Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.8 miReach Mt Tom North Accessible Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.2 miBear right onto Dynamite Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miSharp right onto Pascommuck Trail, heading SW.
  8. 1.1 miTurn left onto Mt Tom North Accessible Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

14% dirt9% gravel77% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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