Jethro Trail & Tower Trail via Bay Circuit Trail
5.4 mi · ▲ 901 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Jethro Trail & Tower Trail via Bay Circuit Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Brimstone Estates near Nobscot, MA. It climbs 901 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Jethro Trail & Tower Trail via Bay Circuit Trail
5.4 mi · ▲ 901 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Elevation 206–567 ft
Out & Back · Brimstone Estates
Trailhead: 42.34499, -71.47344
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 61°F / low 49° · precip 51% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tower Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Jethro Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Tower Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Tower Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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 1.2 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 5:53 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · loop · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 1.9 mi · loop · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
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