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Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail

5.6 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Town Forest near Shaker Village, MA. It climbs 425 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi256 – 453 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

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

5.6 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 255–452 ft

Out & Back · Town Forest

Trailhead: 42.52210, -71.56672

Weather Aug 4: Rain, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 92% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:05 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 miReach Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coke Land, heading N.
  7. 1.5 miTurn left onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.6 miBear left onto Blue Blaze, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Blaze, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 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-9-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

RainTemperature 78°F68°
Precip92%Wind9 mphUV4Humidity75%
Rained 1.2″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65° 12 AM: 4% rain1 AM: 1% rain2 AM: 2% rain3 AM: 19% rain4 AM: 42% rain5 AM: 79% rain6 AM: 80% rain7 AM: 67% rain8 AM: 89% rain9 AM: 92% rain10 AM: 87% rain11 AM: 52% rain12 PM: 63% rain1 PM: 50% rain2 PM: 56% rain3 PM: 52% rain4 PM: 44% rain5 PM: 40% rain6 PM: 42% rain7 PM: 21% rain8 PM: 2% rain
Sunrise 5:41 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:05 PM
Tue 83°63°
Wed 84°64°
Thu 87°68° 28%
Fri 95°71° 33%
Sat 93°71° 30%
Sun 96°69°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:41 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM — 10 min before dark.

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