Loop Road & Swamp Trail via Park Road
5.4 mi · ▲ 440 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Loop Road & Swamp Trail via Park Road is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Upton State Forest near Upton, MA. It climbs 440 ft. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Loop Road & Swamp Trail via Park Road
5.4 mi · ▲ 440 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 431–613 ft
Out & Back · Upton State Forest
Trailhead: 42.21019, -71.61568
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Rabbit Run, heading SE.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Loop Road, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Park Road, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Swamp Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Loop Road, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Mammoth Rock Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miSharp right onto Rabbit Run, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:36 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM — 8 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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