AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Erving State Forest

Foster Road via Moss Brook Road

4.2 mi · ▲ 596 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Foster Road via Moss Brook Road is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Erving State Forest near Wendell Depot, MA. It climbs 596 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi545 – 955 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nursery Road 42.59921, -72.36680
Nearest town Wendell Depot, MA
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Foster Road via Moss Brook Road

4.2 mi · ▲ 596 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 543–954 ft

Out & Back · Erving State Forest

Trailhead: Nursery Road · 42.59921, -72.36680

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

  1. Start on Nursery Road, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Moss Brook Road, heading E.
  3. 0.5 miBear left onto Cut Off Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right onto Foster Road, heading NE.
  5. 0.9 miReach Foster Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right onto Moss Brook Road, heading SW.
  7. 1.2 miSharp left onto Nursery Road, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 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/foster-road-out-back-7-km-4960

Trail surface

43% gravel17% dirt40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM

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