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Mount Tom State Reservation

Dynamite Trail–John McCool Trail, 4 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 924 ft · 2 hr

Dynamite Trail–John McCool Trail, 4 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Mount Tom State Reservation near Mount Tom, MA. It climbs 924 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi190 – 804 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: NET/M&M Trail (white) 42.27910, -72.62284
Nearest town Mount Tom, MA
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Dynamite Trail–John McCool Trail, 4 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 924 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 191–803 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tom State Reservation

Trailhead: NET/M&M Trail (white) · 42.27910, -72.62284

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left onto John McCool Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1 miSharp left onto Dynamite Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miReach NET/M&M Trail (white), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto T. Bagg Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
  11. 0.3 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/dynamite-trail-john-mccool-trail-out-back-4-sights-7-km

Trail surface

68% dirt32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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