Old Mountain Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation near Sunderland, MA. It climbs 1,049 ft, with sections as steep as 47% grade. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi187 – 669 ft · steepest grade: 47%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.48993, -72.57938
Nearest town Sunderland, MA
Directions
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Old Mountain Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,049 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 188–669 ft
Out & Back · Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation
Trailhead: 42.48993, -72.57938
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Old Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Old Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
27% gravel73% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 81°F61°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity77%
Rained 2.1″ yesterday (5″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:46 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:08 PM
Wed
82°63°
Thu
90°68°
62%
Fri
93°70°
39%
Sat
92°69°
36%
Sun
93°66°
Mon
92°70°
17%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- North Sugarloaf Mountain & Mt. Sugarloaf Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,439 ft
- South Sugarloaf Mountain–Old Mountain Trail, 3 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,448 ft
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