Mount Toby–Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, 5 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 1,982 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Mount Toby–Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, 5 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Toby State Forest near North Sunderland, MA. The route reaches Mount Toby. It climbs 1,982 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Mount Toby–Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, 5 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 1,982 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Elevation 172–1,270 ft
Out & Back · Mount Toby State Forest
Trailhead: 42.48483, -72.56469
Weather Sep 20: Heavy drizzle, high 57°F / low 50° · precip 76% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Downspout, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp left onto North Mountain Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Downspout, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto North Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Mount Toby.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading N.
- 0.8 miReach Mount Toby, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Summit Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Downspout, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto North Mountain Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Downspout, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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