Mount Toby State Forest

Mount Toby–Cranberry Pond, 9 sights

11 mi · ▲ 2,789 ft · 5 hr 4 min

Mount Toby–Cranberry Pond, 9 sights is an 11-mile out-and-back in Mount Toby State Forest near North Sunderland, MA. The route passes Cranberry Pond, Cranberry Pond and Mount Toby. It climbs 2,789 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi318 – 1,270 ft · steepest grade: 25%11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crannberry Pond Trail 42.50340, -72.52515
Nearest town North Sunderland, MA

Directions

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Mount Toby–Cranberry Pond, 9 sights

11 mi · ▲ 2,789 ft · 5 hr 4 min

Elevation 317–1,270 ft

Out & Back · Mount Toby State Forest

Trailhead: Crannberry Pond Trail · 42.50340, -72.52515

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 Crannberry Pond Trail, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Cranberry Pond.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftPass Cranberry Pond.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto White Pine Trail, heading W.
  6. 200 ftBear left onto Tower Road, heading S.
  7. 200 ftContinue straight onto Hemlock Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miBear left onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.4 miPass Mount Toby.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Summit Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.8 miTurn left onto Link Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.6 miTurn left onto Middle Mountain Road, heading S.
  14. 2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading S.
  17. 0.1 miReach Mount Toby, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Reservoir Road, heading W.
  20. 1.9 miContinue straight onto Middle Mountain Road, heading NE.
  21. 150 ftTurn right onto Link Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.6 miTurn right onto North Mountain Road, heading NE.
  23. 0.8 miTurn left onto Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, heading NW.
  24. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  25. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading SE.
  26. 0.2 miBear right onto Hemlock Trail, heading NW.
  27. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading NE.
  28. 200 ftBear right onto White Pine Trail, heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left onto Crannberry Pond Trail, heading N.
  30. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

66% dirt6% other28% 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%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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