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Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail & Primary Trail (Yellow blaze)

3.7 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail & Primary Trail (Yellow blaze) is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Devenscrest, MA. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 299 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow Blaze 42.53890, -71.57570
Nearest town Devenscrest, MA
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Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail & Primary Trail (Yellow blaze)

3.7 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 227–297 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Yellow Blaze · 42.53890, -71.57570

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Yellow Blaze, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail (permit required), heading N.
  4. 50 ftSharp right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading N.
  5. 1.2 miTurn left onto Primary Trail (Yellow blaze), heading S.
  6. 0.2 miReach Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading N.
  8. 1.2 miSharp left onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail (permit required), heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Yellow Blaze, heading NE.
  11. 400 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/old-millpond-old-millpond-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

95% dirt5% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:12 PM — 5 min before dark.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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