Root Canal & Snake
3.5 mi · ▲ 261 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Root Canal & Snake is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Bradley Palmer State Park near Nancys Corner, MA. It climbs 261 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Root Canal & Snake
3.5 mi · ▲ 261 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 27–172 ft
Out & Back · Bradley Palmer State Park
Trailhead: 42.64737, -70.89240
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 62°F / low 47° · precip 49% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Snake, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Root Canal, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Snake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Snake, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:01 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Bay Circuit Trail–Randall's Crossing, 4 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 336 ft
- Hood Pond Hoofit 6.9 mi · ▲ 285 ft
- Bull Brook Path–Stomper, 3 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 227 ft
- Bay Circuit Trail–Root Canal, 3 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 336 ft
- Randall's Crossing–Stomper, 3 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 255 ft
- Willowdale Road West 4.4 mi · ▲ 285 ft
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