Wendell State Forest Beach & Upham Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Wendell State Forest Beach & Upham Road is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Wendell State Forest near Grounts Corner, MA. The route reaches Wendell State Forest Beach. It is mostly level, with 193 ft of elevation gain. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Wendell State Forest Beach & Upham Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 1,009–1,116 ft
Out & Back · Wendell State Forest
Trailhead: 42.54996, -72.45282
Weather Aug 3: Heavy rain, high 75°F / low 66° · precip 92% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Wendell State Forest Beach.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto East Chestnut Hill Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Upham Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Wendell State Forest Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto East Chestnut Hill Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Lynn's Falls–Ruggles Pond, 3 beaches 2 mi · ▲ 401 ft
- Wickett Pond–Ruggles Pond, 4 lakes 3.2 mi · ▲ 142 ft
- Ruggles Pond–Wendell State Forest Beach, 3 beaches 4.4 mi · ▲ 277 ft
- Whales Head–Lynn's Falls, 5 beaches 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,010 ft
- Humphry Preserve–Ruggles Pond, 4 beaches 6.6 mi · ▲ 391 ft
- Dry Hill & Wendell State Forest Beach via Upham Road 7.6 mi · ▲ 561 ft
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