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Cutler-Spaulding Conservation Area

Long Trail–Skyview Trail, 5 sights

2.5 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 56 min

Long Trail–Skyview Trail, 5 sights is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Cutler-Spaulding Conservation Area near Varnumtown, MA. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi285 – 423 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Garden Way 42.71387, -71.36852
Nearest town Varnumtown, MA
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Long Trail–Skyview Trail, 5 sights

2.5 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 56 min

Elevation 285–423 ft

Out & Back · Cutler-Spaulding Conservation Area

Trailhead: Garden Way · 42.71387, -71.36852

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

  1. Start on Garden Way, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Spaulding Hill Road Loop, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Skyview Access Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Spaulding Hill Road Loop, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Skyview Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto Tower Hill Trail, heading NE.
  8. 500 ftBear left onto Skyview Trail, heading E.
  9. 100 ftBear right onto Tower Hill Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tower Hill Road, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Long Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Garden Way, heading S.
  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/long-trail-loop

Trail surface

84% dirt4% gravel12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:08 PM — 8 min before dark.

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