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Wendell State Forest

Lake Wyola–Lake Wyola State Park Beach, 6 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 499 ft · 3 hr 7 min

Lake Wyola–Lake Wyola State Park Beach, 6 sights is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Wendell State Forest near Wendell, MA. The route passes Fiske Pond Conservation Area Beach, Lake Wyola State Park Beach and Lake Wyola State Park Beach before reaching Lake Wyola at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 499 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi840 – 1,184 ft9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Carlton Road 42.54780, -72.42667
Nearest town Wendell, MA
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Lake Wyola–Lake Wyola State Park Beach, 6 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 499 ft · 3 hr 7 min

Elevation 841–1,186 ft

Out & Back · Wendell State Forest

Trailhead: Carlton Road · 42.54780, -72.42667

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

  1. Start on Carlton Road, heading W.
  2. 1.2 miContinue straight onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading S.
  3. 2.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 250 ftTurn right onto old NET Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto To Old Egypt Road (red), heading S.
  6. 0.2 miBear right onto Pond Loop Trail (white), heading E.
  7. 300 ftPass Fiske Pond Conservation Area Beach.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miPass Lake Wyola State Park Beach.
  10. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 450 ftPass Lake Wyola State Park Beach.
  14. 150 ftReach Lake Wyola, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miBear left onto To Old Egypt Road (red), heading N.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right onto old NET Trail, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NW.
  22. 2.1 miContinue straight onto Carlton Road, heading N.
  23. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lake-wyola-state-park-beach-lake-wyola-state-park-beach-out-back-10-km

Trail surface

73% dirt27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.

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