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Callahan State Park

Bay Circuit Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 497 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Bay Circuit Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Callahan State Park near Nobscot, MA. It climbs 497 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi213 – 561 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.33361, -71.44482
Nearest town Nobscot, MA
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Bay Circuit Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 497 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Elevation 214–563 ft

Out & Back · Callahan State Park

Trailhead: 42.33361, -71.44482

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  9. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading NE.
  11. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 100 ftSharp left, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  21. 0.6 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/falling-rock-ridge-nuppse-pond-out-back-3-lakes-6-km-40b7

Trail surface

52% dirt48% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM

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