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Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center

Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point–10th Mountain Division, 5 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point–10th Mountain Division, 5 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center near Northfield Farms, MA. The route reaches Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point. It climbs 1,221 ft, with sections as steep as 52% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi276 – 1,056 ft · steepest grade: 52%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.61062, -72.47230
Nearest town Northfield Farms, MA
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Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point–10th Mountain Division, 5 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Elevation 274–1,055 ft

Out & Back · Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center

Trailhead: 42.61062, -72.47230

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto 10th Mountain Division, heading SE.
  7. 450 ftBear left onto Hidden Quarry Trail, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Hemlock Hill, heading S.
  9. 300 ftTurn right onto Rose Ledge Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto West Slope Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rock Oak Ramble, heading E.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Slope Trail, heading E.
  13. 500 ftTurn right onto Summit Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right onto Tooleybush Turnpike, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto 10th Mountain Division, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftPass Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.5 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miReach Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.5 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right onto 10th Mountain Division, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tooleybush Turnpike, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left onto Summit Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.5 miTurn left onto West Slope Trail, heading NW.
  27. 500 ftContinue straight onto Rock Oak Ramble, heading W.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto West Slope Trail, heading NW.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right onto Rose Ledge Trail, heading SW.
  30. 0.2 miTurn left onto Hemlock Hill, heading W.
  31. 300 ftTurn right onto Hidden Quarry Trail, heading W.
  32. 100 ftBear right onto 10th Mountain Division, heading NW.
  33. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  34. 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
  35. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  36. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  37. 50 ftArrive 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/farley-ledge-caves-10th-mountain-division-out-back-5-sights-7-km

Trail surface

61% dirt39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:20 PM — 0 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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