Indian Grinding Stone & Long Trail via Buckboard Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 294 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Indian Grinding Stone & Long Trail via Buckboard Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back near Ward Corner, MA. The route reaches Indian Grinding Stone at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 294 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Indian Grinding Stone & Long Trail via Buckboard Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 294 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 161–321 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.58947, -71.40517
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Buckboard Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Salem Post Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear right onto Little Tadmuch Hill Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftReach Indian Grinding Stone, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Old Salem Post Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Long Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Buckboard Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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