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Cutler-Spaulding Conservation Area

Skyview Trail–Spaulding Hill Road Loop, 3 sights

2.8 mi · ▲ 346 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Skyview Trail–Spaulding Hill Road Loop, 3 sights is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Cutler-Spaulding Conservation Area near Varnumtown, MA. It climbs 346 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi279 – 413 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Green Meadow Trail 42.71370, -71.36314
Nearest town Varnumtown, MA
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Skyview Trail–Spaulding Hill Road Loop, 3 sights

2.8 mi · ▲ 346 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 279–414 ft

Out & Back · Cutler-Spaulding Conservation Area

Trailhead: Green Meadow Trail · 42.71370, -71.36314

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start on Green Meadow Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Long Trail, heading SW.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Garden Way, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Spaulding Hill Road Loop, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Skyview Access Trail, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Spaulding Hill Road Loop, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Skyview Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left onto Tower Hill Trail, heading NW.
  10. 350 ftReach Spaulding Hill Road Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Skyview Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Spaulding Hill Road Loop, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Skyview Access Trail, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Spaulding Hill Road Loop, heading SE.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left onto Garden Way, heading E.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Long Trail, heading E.
  18. 150 ftTurn right onto Green Meadow Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/spaulding-hill-road-loop-out-back-3-km-fb50

Trail surface

90% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:32 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM — 9 min before dark.

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