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Bare Hill Pond–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 3 sights

3.4 mi · ▲ 297 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Bare Hill Pond–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 3 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back near Harvard, MA. The route reaches Bare Hill Pond at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 297 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi338 – 505 ft3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tully Trail - Primary (yellow blazes) 42.51000, -71.59080
Nearest town Harvard, MA
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Bare Hill Pond–Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, 3 sights

3.4 mi · ▲ 297 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 337–505 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Tully Trail - Primary (yellow blazes) · 42.51000, -71.59080

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Prospect Hill Trail - Primary (yellow blaze), heading W.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Dean's Hill Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Smith Trail (yellow), heading S.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tufts Trail (yellow), heading S.
  6. 0.2 miReach Bare Hill Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Smith Trail (yellow), heading N.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.7 miBear left onto Dean's Hill Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Prospect Hill Trail - Primary (yellow blaze), heading NE.
  11. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/potential-nhesp-vernal-pool-potential-nhesp-vernal-pool-out-back-7-km-b11b

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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