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Mount Tom State Reservation

Lake Bray–Bray Loop Trail, 5 sights

4 mi · ▲ 778 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Lake Bray–Bray Loop Trail, 5 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Mount Tom State Reservation near Smiths Ferry, MA. The route reaches Lake Bray. It climbs 778 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 541 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Universal Access Trail 42.26880, -72.61668
Nearest town Smiths Ferry, MA
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Lake Bray–Bray Loop Trail, 5 sights

4 mi · ▲ 778 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 167–541 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tom State Reservation

Trailhead: Universal Access Trail · 42.26880, -72.61668

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Lake Bray.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Universal Access Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Kay Bee Trail, heading S.
  5. 400 ftContinue straight onto Bray Loop Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.8 miTurn right onto Knox Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.9 miTurn right onto Bray Valley Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miBear right onto Bray Loop Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  10. 0.8 miTurn right onto Keystone Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miBear left onto Kay Bee Trail, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Universal Access Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.2 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/lake-bray-lake-bray-out-back-8-km-8ea3

Trail surface

23% dirt4% gravel73% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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