Joseph Allen Skinner State Park
Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Black Rock Trail, 4 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,519 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Black Rock Trail, 4 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Joseph Allen Skinner State Park near Hockanum, MA. It climbs 1,519 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Black Rock Trail, 4 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,519 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Elevation 225–907 ft
Out & Back · Joseph Allen Skinner State Park
Trailhead: Halfway House Trail (Blue) · 42.30196, -72.58925
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Black Rock Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Lithia Springs Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Halfway House Trail (Blue), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Black Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 4 mi · out & back · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 4.4 mi · loop · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 4.4 mi · loop · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 4.5 mi · out & back · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Lithia Springs Trail
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