AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Harvard Forest

Poor Farm Road

3.8 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Poor Farm Road is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Harvard Forest near Petersham, MA. It climbs 335 ft. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi988 – 1,217 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.50858, -72.16669
Nearest town Petersham, MA
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Poor Farm Road

3.8 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Elevation 986–1,216 ft

Out & Back · Harvard Forest

Trailhead: 42.50858, -72.16669

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 1.1 miTurn left onto Poor Farm Road, heading W.
  3. 0.8 miReach Poor Farm Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 1.1 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/poor-farm-road-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

43% dirt57% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:50 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 5:35 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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