Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
Siplas Pool–Dickens/Midstate Trail, 5 sights
4.3 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Siplas Pool–Dickens/Midstate Trail, 5 sights is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Wachusett Mountain State Reservation near Princeton, MA. The route reaches Siplas Pool. It climbs 575 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Siplas Pool–Dickens/Midstate Trail, 5 sights
4.3 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 1,126–1,441 ft
Out & Back · Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
Trailhead: Echo Lake Trail · 42.47434, -71.89449
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on State Administration Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto West Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Harrington/Mid State Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Siplas Pool.
- 1.3 miReach Siplas Pool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto West Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto State Administration Road, heading SE.
- 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Echo Lake Trail Trailhead
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- Siplas Pool–State Administration Road, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 373 ft
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- Brown Hill–Siplas Pool, 8 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 781 ft
- Harrington/Mid State Viewpoint–Semuhenna Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,484 ft
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