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.

Elevation

0 mi161 – 322 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.59702, -71.42002

Nearest town Brookside Station, MA

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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 Aug 4: Clear, high 82°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 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.

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Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Clear82°F61°

Precip0%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity80%

Rained 0.5″ yesterday (0.9″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy

Hourly temperature

85°60°

5:41 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM8:04 PM

Wed 85°62°

Thu 88°70° 29%

Fri 96°73° 31%

Sat 95°70° 34%

Sun 96°68°

Mon 93°70°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 7:20 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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