Old Orchard Trail (Blue) & Parker Camp Road via Richardson Trail (Yellow)
6 mi · ▲ 765 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Old Orchard Trail (Blue) & Parker Camp Road via Richardson Trail (Yellow) is a 6-mile out-and-back in Northfield State Forest near East Northfield, MA. It climbs 765 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Orchard Trail (Blue) & Parker Camp Road via Richardson Trail (Yellow)
6 mi · ▲ 765 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Elevation 444–947 ft
Out & Back · Northfield State Forest
Trailhead: Parker Camp Road · 42.70784, -72.41445
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 55°F / low 46° · precip 65% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
- Start on Parker Camp Road, heading SW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Richardson Trail (Yellow), heading N.
- 2 miBear left onto Old Orchard Trail (Blue), heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Richardson Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Old Orchard Trail (Blue), heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Notch Mountain Trail (Red), heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Richardson Trail (Yellow), heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 5:28 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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More from Parker Camp Road Trailhead
- Notch Mountain Trail (Red)–Parker Camp Road, 3 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 368 ft
- Notch Mountain Trail (Red) & Parker Camp Road via Richardson Trail (Yellow) 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,188 ft
- Garnet Rock & Parker Camp Road via Richardson Trail (Yellow) 5 mi · ▲ 670 ft
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