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.

Elevation

0 mi223 – 906 ft · steepest grade: 31%6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Halfway House Trail (Blue) 42.30196, -72.58925
Nearest town Hockanum, MA

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading N.
  2. 0.8 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), heading W.
  8. 0.3 miBear right onto Black Rock Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right onto Lithia Springs Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miReach Halfway House Trail (Blue), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left onto Black Rock Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.5 miBear left onto Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  17. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  20. 200 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading N.
  21. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

38% dirt62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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