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Upton State Forest

Nuthatch Trail–Park Road, 3 sights

4 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Nuthatch Trail–Park Road, 3 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Upton State Forest near Upton, MA. It climbs 336 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi315 – 558 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Park Road 42.20944, -71.60576
Nearest town Upton, MA
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Nuthatch Trail–Park Road, 3 sights

4 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 316–557 ft

Out & Back · Upton State Forest

Trailhead: Park Road · 42.20944, -71.60576

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Park Road, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Whistling Cave Trail, heading SW.
  3. 100 ftBear right onto Park Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Nuthatch Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.5 miReach Park Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left onto Park Road, heading NE.
  9. 1 miBear left onto Whistling Cave Trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Park Road, heading E.
  11. 0.6 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/nuthatch-trail-park-road-out-back-3-sights-7-km-7010

Trail surface

76% dirt24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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