Upton State Forest

Loop Road–Spring Street Trail, 3 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 350 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Loop Road–Spring Street Trail, 3 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Upton State Forest near Ward Corner, MA. It climbs 350 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi430 – 577 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.22693, -71.60379
Nearest town Ward Corner, MA

Directions

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Loop Road–Spring Street Trail, 3 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 350 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 431–579 ft

Out & Back · Upton State Forest

Trailhead: 42.22693, -71.60379

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Spring Street Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Old Hopkinton Spring Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.5 miSharp right onto Swamp Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Loop Road, heading S.
  7. 250 ftTurn right onto Park Road, heading W.
  8. 50 ftReach Spring Street Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Loop Road, heading W.
  10. 250 ftTurn left onto Swamp Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miSharp left onto Mammoth Rock Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.5 miBear right onto Spring Street Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

4% dirt96% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:04 PM

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