Dynamite Trail–John McCool Trail, 4 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Tom State Reservation near Mount Tom, MA. It climbs 973 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi167 – 804 ft · steepest grade: 22%5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mt Tom North Accessible Trail 42.28352, -72.62678
Nearest town Mount Tom, MA
Directions
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Dynamite Trail–John McCool Trail, 4 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 973 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 166–803 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
- Start on Mt Tom North Accessible Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Little Mountain Loop Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto John McCool Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp left onto Dynamite Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Mt Tom North Accessible Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto T. Bagg Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Little Mountain Loop Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Mt Tom North Accessible Trail, heading W.
- 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 surface
65% dirt6% gravel29% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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