Hobart Hill–Proctor Hill, 13 sights is an 8-mile out-and-back in Beaver Brook Association near South Brookline, NH. The route passes Cider Mill Pond, Shattuck Lot, Beaver Brook Association Pond and 2 more. It climbs 621 ft. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hobart Hill–Proctor Hill, 13 sights
8 mi · ▲ 621 ft · 2 hr 59 min
Elevation 234–491 ft
Out & Back · Beaver Brook Association
Trailhead: Cider Mill Trail · 42.72161, -71.65110
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cider Mill Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Cider Mill Pond.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miPass Shattuck Lot.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Tupelo Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Dam Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miPass Beaver Brook Association Pond.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Old City Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Shoen Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Proctor Hill.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Elkins Road Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Dan Smith Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Shoen Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Jeff Smith Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Wood Duck Pond Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Tupelo Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass Hobart Hill.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 1 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~90 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Cider Mill Trail Trailhead
- Hobart Hill–Pout Pond, 4 lakes 3.1 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Coreys Hill–Hobart Hill, 4 summits 3.2 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Shattuck Lot–Cider Mill Pond, 3 groves 4 mi · ▲ 254 ft
- The Falls–Shattuck Lot, 6 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 373 ft
- Proctor Hill–Shattuck Lot, 10 sights 7.5 mi · ▲ 479 ft
- Open Space–Shattuck Lot, 6 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 423 ft
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