Echo Lake–Echo Lake Trail, 3 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 265 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Echo Lake–Echo Lake Trail, 3 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Town Forest near Braggville, MA. The route reaches Echo Lake at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 265 ft. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi318 – 384 ft4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Holliston Highway 42.17701, -71.48460
Nearest town Braggville, MA
Directions
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Echo Lake–Echo Lake Trail, 3 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 265 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 318–385 ft
Out & Back · Town Forest
Trailhead: Holliston Highway · 42.17701, -71.48460
Weather Aug 3: Heavy rain, high 77°F / low 69° · precip 80% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Holliston Highway, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sudden Impact, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dolphin Rock, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Holliston Highway, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Milford Byway, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Hob Knob Connector, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hob Knob, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Better Than The Fire Road Climb, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Milford Byway, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Upper Charles Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.7 miPass Echo Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Echo Lake Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Echo Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Upper Charles Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Milford Byway, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left onto Better Than The Fire Road Climb, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Hob Knob, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left onto Hob Knob Connector, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Milford Byway, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Holliston Highway, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Dolphin Rock, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Sudden Impact, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Holliston Highway, heading S.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
59% dirt2% paved39% unspecified
Weather
Heavy rainTemperature 77°F69°
Precip80%Wind6 mphUV2Humidity75%
Rained 0.6″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65°
Sunrise 5:42 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:04 PM
Tue
83°63°
Wed
83°64°
Thu
84°68°
37%
Fri
95°70°
29%
Sat
92°70°
35%
Sun
95°69°
15%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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