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Beau Bridge Trail–John McCool Trail, 3 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Tom State Reservation near Mount Tom, MA. It climbs 912 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi446 – 804 ft · steepest grade: 24%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: NET/M&M Trail (white) 42.27910, -72.62284
Nearest town Mount Tom, MA

Directions

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Beau Bridge Trail–John McCool Trail, 3 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 912 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 447–803 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tom State Reservation

Trailhead: NET/M&M Trail (white) · 42.27910, -72.62284

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left onto John McCool Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1 miSharp left onto Dynamite Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NE.
  5. 0.5 miSharp right onto Beau Bridge Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.6 miReach NET/M&M Trail (white), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miSharp left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading W.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Dynamite Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miSharp right onto John McCool Trail, heading W.
  10. 1 miSharp right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NE.
  11. 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 surface

45% dirt55% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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