Goat Peak–NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Tom State Reservation near Mount Tom, MA. The route passes Goat Peak and NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint. It climbs 972 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi167 – 804 ft · steepest grade: 24%5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mt Tom North Accessible Trail 42.28352, -72.62678
Nearest town Mount Tom, MA
Directions
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Goat Peak–NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint, 5 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 972 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 166–803 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tom State Reservation
Trailhead: Mt Tom North Accessible Trail · 42.28352, -72.62678
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mt Tom North Accessible Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Little Mountain Loop Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto John McCool Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp left onto Dynamite Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Goat Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto T. Bagg Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Little Mountain Loop Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Mt Tom North Accessible Trail, heading W.
- 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
65% dirt6% gravel29% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Mt Tom North Accessible Trail Trailhead
- Pascommuck Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 295 ft
- John McCool Trail–Mt Tom North Accessible Trail, 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 482 ft
- Mount Tom Reservoir–Mt Tom North Accessible Trail, 3 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 513 ft
- Mount Nonotuck–Mt Nonotuck, 3 summits 3.9 mi · ▲ 960 ft
- Dynamite Trail–John McCool Trail, 4 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 973 ft
- Beau Bridge Trail–John McCool Trail, 3 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,170 ft
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