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Mount Toby State Forest

Mount Toby–Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, 6 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,867 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Mount Toby–Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, 6 sights is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Toby State Forest near North Sunderland, MA. The route reaches Mount Toby. It climbs 1,867 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi305 – 1,270 ft · steepest grade: 29%6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Pine Trail 42.50323, -72.53013
Nearest town North Sunderland, MA
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Mount Toby–Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, 6 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,867 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Elevation 305–1,270 ft

Out & Back · Mount Toby State Forest

Trailhead: Red Pine Trail · 42.50323, -72.53013

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Pine Trail, heading S.
  2. 200 ftContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miBear right onto White Pine Trail, heading S.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Tower Road, heading S.
  5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Hemlock Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miBear left onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miPass Mount Toby.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Summit Trail, heading SW.
  10. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Downspout, heading SW.
  11. 500 ftTurn left onto North Mountain Road, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miBear left onto Downspout, heading S.
  13. 50 ftReach Mount Toby, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto North Mountain Road, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right onto Downspout, heading E.
  16. 450 ftContinue straight onto North Mountain Road, heading NE.
  17. 1.4 miTurn left onto Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading N.
  20. 0.2 miBear right onto Hemlock Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading NE.
  22. 250 ftBear right onto White Pine Trail, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftBear left onto Tower Road, heading NE.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red Pine Trail, heading NE.
  25. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-toby-blue-trail-robert-frost-trail-out-back-7-sights-10-km

Trail surface

86% dirt11% other3% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 81°F63°
Precip0%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity71%
Rained 1.9″ yesterday (3.4″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:46 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:08 PM
Wed 80°65°
Thu 89°67° 61%
Fri 92°69° 39%
Sat 91°68° 36%
Sun 93°65°
Mon 91°69° 17%

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