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Upton State Forest

Spring Street Trail & Swamp Trail via Park Road

3.9 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Spring Street Trail & Swamp Trail via Park Road is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Upton State Forest near Upton, MA. It climbs 358 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi430 – 561 ft · steepest grade: 23%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.20706, -71.60630
Nearest town Upton, MA
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Spring Street Trail & Swamp Trail via Park Road

3.9 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Elevation 431–561 ft

Out & Back · Upton State Forest

Trailhead: 42.20706, -71.60630

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Park Road, heading N.
  3. 300 ftTurn right onto Loop Road, heading E.
  4. 250 ftTurn left onto Swamp Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miSharp left onto Mammoth Rock Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.5 miBear right onto Spring Street Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.7 miReach Swamp Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.7 miBear left onto Old Hopkinton Spring Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miSharp right onto Swamp Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Loop Road, heading S.
  11. 250 ftTurn left onto Park Road, heading S.
  12. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.2 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/norcross-spring-farm-out-back-7-km-affd

Trail surface

5% dirt95% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

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