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Joseph Allen Skinner State Park

Halfway House Trail (Blue)

2 mi · ▲ 415 ft · 52 min

Halfway House Trail (Blue) is a 2-mile out-and-back in Joseph Allen Skinner State Park near Hockanum, MA. It climbs 415 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi223 – 584 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31041, -72.58224
Nearest town Hockanum, MA
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Halfway House Trail (Blue)

2 mi · ▲ 415 ft · 52 min

Elevation 223–583 ft

Out & Back · Joseph Allen Skinner State Park

Trailhead: 42.31041, -72.58224

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

Transit-accessible: Chumura Road (S) stop 759 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 200 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading SW.
  5. 0.8 miReach Halfway House Trail (Blue), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.8 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, 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/halfway-house-trail-blue-out-back-3-km-4cbe

Trail surface

75% dirt25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Chumura Road (S) stop 759 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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