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Callahan State Park

Bay Circuit Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 551 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Bay Circuit Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Callahan State Park near Nobscot, MA. It climbs 551 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi262 – 568 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.33675, -71.44571
Nearest town Nobscot, MA
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Bay Circuit Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 551 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 262–567 ft

Out & Back · Callahan State Park

Trailhead: 42.33675, -71.44571

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  10. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  11. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 150 ftBear left onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  16. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  18. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  25. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  26. 100 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/first-boundary-pond-first-boundary-pond-out-back-6-lakes-4-km-26fb

Trail surface

7% dirt93% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:03 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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