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Wachusett Mountain State Reservation

Echo Lake–Echo Lake Road, 7 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 712 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Echo Lake–Echo Lake Road, 7 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Wachusett Mountain State Reservation near Princeton, MA. The route reaches Echo Lake. It climbs 712 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,165 – 1,667 ft · steepest grade: 24%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Echo Lake Road 42.47483, -71.88368
Nearest town Princeton, MA
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Echo Lake–Echo Lake Road, 7 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 712 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 1,164–1,667 ft

Out & Back · Wachusett Mountain State Reservation

Trailhead: Echo Lake Road · 42.47483, -71.88368

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Echo Lake Road, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miPass Echo Lake.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto State Administration Road, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Echo Lake Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miReach Echo Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 100 ftBear right onto State Administration Road, heading NW.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right onto Harrington/Mid State Trail, heading N.
  9. 200 ftSharp right onto Lower Link Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Jack Frost Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto High Meadow Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left onto Echo Lake Road, heading SW.
  13. 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/echo-lake-loop

Trail surface

49% dirt1% gravel50% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:05 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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