Farmstead Trail–Hawks Brook Trial Loop, 5 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 970 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Farmstead Trail–Hawks Brook Trial Loop, 5 sights is a 5.4-mile loop in Berkshire East Ski Resort near Charlemont, MA. It climbs 970 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Farmstead Trail–Hawks Brook Trial Loop, 5 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 970 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 1,030–1,723 ft
Loop · Berkshire East Ski Resort
Trailhead: East Road · 42.61015, -72.87531
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:10 PM
- Start on East Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto East Road, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto East Road, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto East Road, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto MST, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto East Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto La Belle Road, heading SW.
- 3 miBear right onto E. Stranged Moose, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Farmstead Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Pond Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Sugar Run, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue Pulaski, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Trillium, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto The Gronk, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Sugar Run, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading SW.
- 250 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~69 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 8:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from East Road Trailhead
- Billy Badger–Sugar Run, 4 sights 2 mi · ▲ 671 ft
- East Road–Farmstead Trail Loop, 5 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 532 ft
- Mount Institute–Blue Pulaski Loop, 8 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 549 ft
- Wilderness Brook Trail via Sugar Run 2.8 mi · ▲ 465 ft
- Hawks Brook Trial–La Belle Road Loop, 4 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 998 ft
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