Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
Echo Lake–Echo Lake Road, 5 sights
2.2 mi · ▲ 448 ft · 57 min
Echo Lake–Echo Lake Road, 5 sights is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Wachusett Mountain State Reservation near Princeton, MA. The route reaches Echo Lake. It climbs 448 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Echo Lake–Echo Lake Road, 5 sights
2.2 mi · ▲ 448 ft · 57 min
Elevation 1,221–1,433 ft
Out & Back · Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
Trailhead: Mountain House Trail · 42.47991, -71.88149
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 76°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mountain House Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Bicentennial Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto High Meadow Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Echo Lake Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Echo Lake.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto State Administration Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Echo Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Echo Lake Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto High Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bicentennial Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Mountain House Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftArrive 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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