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Town Forest

Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 647 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Town Forest near Shaker Village, MA. It climbs 647 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi269 – 558 ft7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.52210, -71.56672
Nearest town Shaker Village, MA
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Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail

6.8 mi · ▲ 647 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Elevation 267–557 ft

Out & Back · Town Forest

Trailhead: 42.52210, -71.56672

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Blaze, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Blaze, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miBear right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading E.
  5. 2.4 miTurn left onto Dolan Mason Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.6 miReach Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading NW.
  8. 2.4 miBear left onto Blue Blaze, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Blaze, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 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/harvard-snowmobile-club-trail-harvard-snowmobile-club-trail-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 5:45 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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