Purgatory Chasm State Reservation via Old Purgatory Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Sutton State Forest near South Sutton, MA. The route reaches Purgatory Chasm State Reservation. It climbs 274 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi512 – 614 ft3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Forest Road Trail 42.13272, -71.72129
Nearest town South Sutton, MA
Directions
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Purgatory Chasm State Reservation via Old Purgatory Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 274 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 513–615 ft
Out & Back · Sutton State Forest
Trailhead: Forest Road Trail · 42.13272, -71.72129
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start on Forest Road Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Purgatory Chasm State Reservation.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Old Purgatory Trail, heading NE.
- 1.8 miReach Purgatory Chasm State Reservation, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Forest Road Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
94% dirt6% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM
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