Mystery Spring–Buckboard Trail, 3 sights
2.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 59 min
Mystery Spring–Buckboard Trail, 3 sights is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Mystery Spring near Brookside Station, MA. The route reaches Mystery Spring at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mystery Spring–Buckboard Trail, 3 sights
2.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 59 min
Elevation 194–226 ft
Out & Back · Mystery Spring
Trailhead: Long Trail · 42.59302, -71.40933
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Buckboard Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Tadmuck Divide Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Flaherty Trail, heading SW.
- 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 W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Tadmuck Divide Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Buckboard Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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