Pin Hill North & Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Town Forest near Shaker Village, MA. The route reaches Pin Hill North at the turnaround, 3.1 miles in. It climbs 423 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi256 – 476 ft6.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.52210, -71.56672
Nearest town Shaker Village, MA
Directions
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Pin Hill North & Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail
6.2 mi · ▲ 423 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 255–475 ft
Out & Back · Town Forest
Trailhead: 42.52210, -71.56672
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Blaze, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Blaze, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto Pin Hill Primary Trail (Yellow blaze), heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Pin Hill North, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading SW.
- 2.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Blue Blaze, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Blaze, heading N.
- 0.3 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~78 min). Leave by 5:11 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 647 ft
- Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 425 ft
- Kaufman Trail (blue blaze) & Kaufman Trail (yellow blaze) 1.9 mi · ▲ 82 ft
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