Mystery Spring–Buckboard Trail, 4 sights
5 mi · ▲ 249 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Mystery Spring–Buckboard Trail, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Mystery Spring near Brookside Station, MA. The route reaches Mystery Spring at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 249 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mystery Spring–Buckboard Trail, 4 sights
5 mi · ▲ 249 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 161–321 ft
Out & Back · Mystery Spring
Trailhead: 42.59702, -71.42002
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Old Salem Post Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Long Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Buckboard Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Tadmuck Divide Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Flaherty Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Mystery Spring (white), heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Mystery Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Flaherty Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Tadmuck Divide Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Buckboard Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Salem Post Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 6:05 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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