Amethyst Brook Conservation Area
Mount Orient & Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
3.9 mi · ▲ 727 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Mount Orient & Robert Frost Trail (Orange) is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Amethyst Brook Conservation Area near East Village, MA. The route reaches Mount Orient at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 727 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Orient & Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
3.9 mi · ▲ 727 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 199–954 ft
Out & Back · Amethyst Brook Conservation Area
Trailhead: Robert Frost Trail · 42.37655, -72.48610
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Transit-accessible: Thayer Street (Out) stop 27 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.3 miPass Mount Orient.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 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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- Transit-accessible: Thayer Street (Out) stop 27 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Down Deep via Middle Access Road 4.6 mi · ▲ 552 ft
- Robert Frost Sunset Point–Junkyard Dog, 4 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 803 ft
- Down Deep–Middle Access Road, 4 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 639 ft
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