East Road–Farmstead Trail Loop, 5 sights
2.2 mi · ▲ 532 ft · 1 hr
East Road–Farmstead Trail Loop, 5 sights is a 2.2-mile loop in Berkshire East Ski Resort near Charlemont, MA. It climbs 532 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi988 – 1,509 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: East Road 42.60976, -72.87715
Nearest town Charlemont, MA
Directions
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East Road–Farmstead Trail Loop, 5 sights
2.2 mi · ▲ 532 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 986–1,510 ft
Loop · Berkshire East Ski Resort
Trailhead: East Road · 42.60976, -72.87715
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
- Start on East Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto East Road, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left onto East Road, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto East Road, heading S.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Silver DoeTrail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pond Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Pond Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Farmstead Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right onto Sugar Run, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Blue Pulaski, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Trillium, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto The Gronk, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Sugar Run, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto East Road, heading SW.
- 100 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
33% dirt67% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:54 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
More from East Road Trailhead
- Wilderness Brook Trail via Sugar Run 2.8 mi · ▲ 465 ft
- Billy Badger–Sugar Run, 4 sights 2 mi · ▲ 671 ft
- Hawks Brook Trial–La Belle Road Loop, 4 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 998 ft
- Farmstead Trail–Hawks Brook Trial Loop, 5 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 970 ft
- Mount Institute–Blue Pulaski Loop, 8 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 549 ft
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