Bay Circuit Trail & Billings Loop
5.3 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Bay Circuit Trail & Billings Loop is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Beaver Brook Watershed Land near Sharon Heights, MA. It climbs 250 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi203 – 374 ft6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Billings Loop 42.12305, -71.20853
Nearest town Sharon Heights, MA
Directions
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Bay Circuit Trail & Billings Loop
5.3 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 205–372 ft
Out & Back · Beaver Brook Watershed Land
Trailhead: Billings Loop · 42.12305, -71.20853
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Billings Loop, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Wood Thrush Way, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Billings Loop, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Kettle Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miReach Billings Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Kettle Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Billings Loop, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Wood Thrush Way, heading W.
- 500 ftBear right onto Billings Loop, heading W.
- 50 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
98% dirt1% gravel1% boardwalk
Weather
OvercastTemperature 83°F62°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity79%
Rained 0.7″ yesterday (1.4″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:42 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:02 PM
Wed
83°64°
Thu
90°70°
28%
Fri
96°71°
28%
Sat
92°69°
35%
Sun
95°67°
18%
Mon
95°72°
16%
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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