(potential NHESP vernal pool)–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 3 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 487 ft · 2 hr 11 min
(potential NHESP vernal pool)–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 3 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Prospect Hill (Newman Land) near Camp Green Eyrie, MA. The route reaches (potential NHESP vernal pool). It climbs 487 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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(potential NHESP vernal pool)–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 3 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 487 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 324–505 ft
Out & Back · Prospect Hill (Newman Land)
Trailhead: Smith Trail (yellow) · 42.49851, -71.60121
Weather Aug 4: Rain, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 94% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start on Smith Trail (yellow), heading W.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Dean's Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Prospect Hill Trail - Primary (yellow blaze), heading NW.
- 0.1 miPass (potential NHESP vernal pool).
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Prospect Hill Primary Trail (yellow blazes), heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Feltus Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miReach (potential NHESP vernal pool), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Feltus Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Prospect Hill Primary Trail (yellow blazes), heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Prospect Hill Trail - Primary (yellow blaze), heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Dean's Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Smith Trail (yellow), heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 7:24 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM — 0 min before dark.
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More from Smith Trail (yellow) Trailhead
- (potential NHESP vernal pool) & Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 262 ft
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