Hobbs Hill & Kettle Trail via Bay Circuit Trail
5 mi · ▲ 274 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Hobbs Hill & Kettle Trail via Bay Circuit Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Beaver Brook Watershed Land near Sharon, MA. The route reaches Hobbs Hill at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 274 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hobbs Hill & Kettle Trail via Bay Circuit Trail
5 mi · ▲ 274 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 205–316 ft
Out & Back · Beaver Brook Watershed Land
Trailhead: Bay Circuit Trail · 42.12290, -71.18721
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
Transit-accessible: Sharon stop 299 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bay Circuit Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Kettle Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftReach Hobbs Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Kettle Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 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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- Transit-accessible: Sharon stop 299 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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