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Pin Hill South–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 3 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Coke Land near Shaker Village, MA. The route reaches Pin Hill South at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 356 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi256 – 479 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow Blaze 42.51901, -71.56328
Nearest town Shaker Village, MA

Directions

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Pin Hill South–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 3 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 356 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 255–481 ft

Out & Back · Coke Land

Trailhead: Yellow Blaze · 42.51901, -71.56328

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start on Yellow Blaze, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Blaze, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miBear right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading E.
  4. 2.5 miTurn right onto Pin Hill Primary Trail (Yellow blaze), heading N.
  5. 500 ftReach Pin Hill South, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 500 ftTurn left onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading NE.
  7. 2.5 miBear left onto Blue Blaze, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Blaze, heading N.
  9. 50 ftArrive 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

OvercastTemperature 82°F62°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity79%
Rained 0.6″ yesterday (1.8″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:42 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:04 PM
Wed 84°64°
Thu 89°69° 28%
Fri 94°71° 33%
Sat 93°68° 30%
Sun 94°67°
Mon 91°72°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~69 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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