Mount Toby State Forest

Middle Mountain Road–Robert Frost Trail (Orange), 4 sights

11.7 mi · ▲ 2,252 ft · 5 hr 2 min

Middle Mountain Road–Robert Frost Trail (Orange), 4 sights is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Toby State Forest near North Sunderland, MA. It climbs 2,252 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi318 – 1,056 ft · steepest grade: 23%12.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old road 42.50266, -72.53566
Nearest town North Sunderland, MA

Directions

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Middle Mountain Road–Robert Frost Trail (Orange), 4 sights

11.7 mi · ▲ 2,252 ft · 5 hr 2 min

Elevation 317–1,055 ft

Out & Back · Mount Toby State Forest

Trailhead: Old road · 42.50266, -72.53566

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start on Old road, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto Sugar Farms Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bridle Path, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading S.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, heading SW.
  6. 450 ftContinue straight onto Upper Link Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.5 miBear right onto Tower Road, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading S.
  10. 0.2 miBear right onto Middle Mountain Road, heading S.
  11. 1 miSharp left onto Reservoir Road, heading W.
  12. 1.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading S.
  15. 0.1 miReach Upper Link Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Reservoir Road, heading W.
  18. 1.9 miSharp right onto Middle Mountain Road, heading NE.
  19. 1 miBear left onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left onto Robert Frost Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miBear left onto Upper Link Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, heading N.
  24. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading N.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bridle Path, heading N.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right onto Sugar Farms Trail, heading SW.
  28. 0.2 miBear left onto Old road, heading NW.
  29. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

69% dirt2% other29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:46 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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