Faunces Mountain–Deer Run Trail, 3 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 622 ft · 5 hr 35 min
Faunces Mountain–Deer Run Trail, 3 sights is a 15.8-mile out-and-back near Forestdale, MA. The route reaches Faunces Mountain at the turnaround, 7.9 miles in. It climbs 622 ft. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Faunces Mountain–Deer Run Trail, 3 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 622 ft · 5 hr 35 min
Elevation 59–242 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.70870, -70.49472
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Jefferson Road, heading NW.
- 2.6 miSharp right onto Spruce Camp Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Marist Street, heading N.
- 1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right onto Smokeys Passage, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Deer Run Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Robins Nest Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Skunk Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Robins Nest Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Red Fox Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Deer Run Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto The Runway, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Shawme Intro, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Shawme Highway Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Highway Bypass, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Shawme Highway Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Highway Bypass, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Road C, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Road D, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Faunces Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Road C, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Highway Bypass, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Shawme Highway Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Highway Bypass, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Shawme Highway Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Shawme Intro, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto The Runway, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Deer Run Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Red Fox Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Robins Nest Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Skunk Hollow Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Robins Nest Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left onto Deer Run Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Smokeys Passage, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Treeline Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left onto Marist Street, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Spruce Camp Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Jefferson Road, heading S.
- 2.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 7:30 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM — 8 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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More from this trailhead
- Jefferson Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Jefferson Road 4.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Jefferson Road 4.2 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Kendrick Road via Jefferson Road 10.3 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Jefferson Road 10.3 mi · ▲ 256 ft
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