Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
9 mi · ▲ 1,020 ft · 3 hr 31 min
Robert Frost Trail (Orange) is a 9-mile out-and-back in Amherst Water Supply Land near Baconville, MA. It climbs 1,020 ft. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi200 – 909 ft9.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.42139, -72.45779
Nearest town Baconville, MA
Directions
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Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
9 mi · ▲ 1,020 ft · 3 hr 31 min
Elevation 199–908 ft
Out & Back · Amherst Water Supply Land
Trailhead: 42.42139, -72.45779
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Robert Frost Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Down Deep, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading S.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Down Deep, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
22% dirt78% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · loop · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
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