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Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center

Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point–Blue Trail, 6 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 1,631 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point–Blue Trail, 6 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center near Erving, MA. The route reaches Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point. It climbs 1,631 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi436 – 1,056 ft · steepest grade: 15%9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Spur 42.60983, -72.41635
Nearest town Erving, MA
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Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point–Blue Trail, 6 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 1,631 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Elevation 438–1,055 ft

Out & Back · Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center

Trailhead: Spur · 42.60983, -72.41635

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

  1. Start on Spur, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Hermits Castle Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.5 miSharp left onto NET/M&M Trail, heading S.
  4. 1 miTurn left onto Orange/White Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto 10th Mountain Division, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tooleybush Turnpike, heading N.
  10. 50 ftPass Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left onto Bobcat Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  13. 300 ftTurn left onto Cascade, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hemlock Hill, heading N.
  15. 150 ftTurn right onto West Slope Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.6 miSharp left onto Tooleybush Turnpike, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miReach Tooleybush Turnpike Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.1 miSharp right onto West Slope Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left onto Hemlock Hill, heading SE.
  20. 200 ftContinue straight onto Cascade, heading S.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 350 ftSharp left onto Bobcat Trail, heading NE.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right onto Tooleybush Turnpike, heading E.
  24. 0.5 miContinue straight onto 10th Mountain Division, heading SE.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading S.
  26. 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  27. 150 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  28. 0.4 miSharp left onto Orange/White Trail, heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail, heading E.
  30. 1 miSharp right onto Hermits Castle Trail, heading E.
  31. 0.5 miBear right onto Spur, heading E.
  32. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blue-trail-hemlock-hill-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

61% dirt39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~90 min). Leave by 5:03 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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