Faunces Mountain & Deer Run Trail via Shawme Highway Trail
5.7 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Faunces Mountain & Deer Run Trail via Shawme Highway Trail is a 5.7-mile out-and-back near Bournedale, MA. The route reaches Faunces Mountain at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 388 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Faunces Mountain & Deer Run Trail via Shawme Highway Trail
5.7 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 59–200 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Summit Road · 41.76952, -70.55369
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Jarvis Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right onto Smokeys Passage, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Deer Run Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Robins Nest Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Skunk Hollow Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Robins Nest Trail, heading NE.
- 100 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 S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Shawme Highway Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Highway Bypass, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Shawme Highway Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Highway Bypass, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Road C, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Road D, heading S.
- 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 NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Highway Bypass, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Shawme Highway Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Shawme Intro, heading NW.
- 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 NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Skunk Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Robins Nest Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left onto Deer Run Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Smokeys Passage, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Treeline Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Jarvis Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 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 0.8 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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