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Mount Tom State Reservation

Mount Tom Reservoir–Dynamite Trail, 4 sights

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,575 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Mount Tom Reservoir–Dynamite Trail, 4 sights is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Tom State Reservation near Smiths Ferry, MA. The route reaches Mount Tom Reservoir. It climbs 1,575 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi246 – 804 ft · steepest grade: 28%8.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: T. Bagg Trail 42.27064, -72.61711
Nearest town Smiths Ferry, MA
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Mount Tom Reservoir–Dynamite Trail, 4 sights

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,575 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Elevation 247–803 ft

Out & Back · Mount Tom State Reservation

Trailhead: T. Bagg Trail · 42.27064, -72.61711

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on T. Bagg Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.7 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right onto Dynamite Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pascommuck Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miPass Mount Tom Reservoir.
  7. 300 ftBear right onto Old Fire Road Trail, heading SW.
  8. 1.7 miReach Mount Tom Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.7 miBear left, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pascommuck Trail, heading E.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Dynamite Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right onto T. Bagg Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.7 miArrive 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-nonotuck-mt-nonotuck-out-back-4-lakes-15-km-504d

Trail surface

25% dirt75% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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