Walker Mountain & Bushnell Road via Mountain Road Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Wells State Park near Sturbridge, MA. The route reaches Walker Mountain at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 435 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Walker Mountain & Bushnell Road via Mountain Road Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 435 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 590–787 ft
Out & Back · Wells State Park
Trailhead: Bushnell Road · 42.15068, -72.04935
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
- Start on Bushnell Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Mission Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Mill Pond Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Wells State Park Road, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Mountain Road Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach Walker Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Wells State Park Road, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Mill Pond Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Mission Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Bushnell Road, heading E.
- 0.2 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 2.1 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Beaver Pond & Bushnell Road via Walker Pond Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 224 ft
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