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Avery's Camp–Bridge Road, 8 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 1,065 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Avery's Camp–Bridge Road, 8 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Charlemont, MA. It climbs 1,065 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi886 – 1,575 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sugar Woods 42.64849, -72.88899
Nearest town Charlemont, MA
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Avery's Camp–Bridge Road, 8 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 1,065 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 886–1,575 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Sugar Woods · 42.64849, -72.88899

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

  1. Start on Sugar Woods, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto THUNDER VISION, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bridge Road, heading E.
  4. 100 ftSharp left onto Rice Brook, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftTurn right onto Cotton Candy, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  7. 300 ftSharp left onto Red Zone, heading N.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Cotton Candy, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Outer Loop, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Avery's Camp, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miReach Sugar Woods, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Outer Loop, heading E.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 100 ftTurn right onto Red Zone, heading SW.
  16. 200 ftSharp right, heading S.
  17. 250 ftSharp left onto Cotton Candy, heading W.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rice Brook, heading S.
  19. 150 ftSharp right onto Bridge Road, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto THUNDER VISION, heading S.
  21. 0.2 miSharp right onto Sugar Woods, heading SE.
  22. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/averys-camp-bridge-road-out-back-8-sights

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~59 min). Leave by 5:36 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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