Princeton Hikes! Documentation
Princeton and abutting towns
| The OSC regularly leads guided hikes on trails in the Princeton area. Click on links below to get information on detailed location, parking, and hiking instructions for many of these hikes. Information about additional local trail areas can be found using the Princeton Trails link on the menu to the left.
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Hike Name | Difficulty | Distance | Elevation | Uses* | GPS | |
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Princeton | Wachusett West Loop | Moderate | 4.5 Mi | 790 Ft | SX | X |
Princeton | Wachusett North Loop | Difficult | 5 Mi | 1000 Ft | SX | X |
Princeton | Wachusett South Loop | Difficult | 3 Mi | 1000 Ft | SX | X |
Princeton | Wachusett East Loop | Difficult | 3.5 Mi | 700 Ft | SX | X |
Princeton | Wachusett Redline | Very Difficult | 17.6 | 4400 Ft | X | |
Princeton | Leominster State Forest Paradise Pond and Wolf Rock Loop | Moderate | 4 Mi | 300 Ft | BHSX | X |
Princeton | Leominster State Forest Ball Hill Loop | Moderate-Difficult | 4.5 Mi | 1000 Ft | BHSX | X |
Princeton | Leominster State Forest Hillbilly Heaven | Easy | 3 Mi | 100 Ft | BHSX | X |
Princeton | Leominster State Forest - Wolf Den | Easy | 4 Mi | 300 Ft | BHSX | |
Princeton | Leominster State Forest Notown Reservoir | Easy-Moderate | 4 Mi | 400 Ft | BHSX | |
Princeton | Leominster State Forest Crow Hill North Loop | Moderate | 3.5 Mi | 650 Ft | BHSX | |
Princeton | Mass Audubon Wachusett Meadow South | Easy-Moderate | 2.5 Mi | 250 Ft | S | X |
Princeton | Mass Audubon Wachusett Meadow North and Brown Hill | Moderate | 3.3 Mi | 350 Ft | S | X |
Princeton | Princeton Land Trust Russell Corner | Easy | 2 Mi | 200 Ft | BHSX | X |
Princeton | Princeton Land Trust Krashes to Russell Corner | Easy-Moderate | 3.6 Mi | 200 Ft | BHSX | |
Princeton | Princeton Land Trust Bullock McElroy | Easy | 2 Mi | 100 Ft | BHSX | X |
Princeton | Princeton Land Trust Gregory Alexander | Moderate | 1 Mi | 100 Ft | BHSX | |
Princeton | Central Princeton PLT Trails | Moderate | 3 Mi | 200 Ft | BSX | |
Princeton | Four Corners Loop | Easy-Moderate | 2.5 Mi | 200 Ft | SX | X |
Princeton | Cobb Brook Trails | Easy-Moderate | 2.0 Mi | 200 Ft | BSX | |
Princeton | Wachusett Ski Area to Redemption Rock | Moderate | 4 Mi | 200 Ft | BSX | X |
Princeton | Savage Hill Loop | Moderate-Difficult | 6 Mi | 300 Ft | BHSX | X |
Princeton | Thomas Prince Nature Trails | Easy | 2 Mi | 40 Ft | BHSX | |
Princeton | Red Fox FarmTrails | Easy | 1 Mi | 100 Ft | BHSX | |
Princeton | Little Wachusett Loop | Moderate | 4 Mi | 350 Ft | SX | X |
Princeton | Calamint Hill Trails | Easy | 3 Mi | 200 Ft | BHSX | |
Princeton | Poutwater Pond From Esty Road | Moderate | 4 Mi | 200 Ft | SX | |
Princeton | Crow Hill to Redemption Rock | Moderate-Difficult | 4 Mi | 400 Ft | BHSX | |
Princeton | Bickford Pond Loop | Easy-Moderate | 3.5 Mi | 200 Ft | BHSX | |
Princeton | Lovers Lane to Overlook Lane | Easy-Moderate | 3.5 Mi | 200 Ft | BHSX | |
Princeton | Cat Rocks and Behind the Onion Patch | Moderate | 4.5 Mi | 200 Ft | SX | |
Princeton | Mason Road to Red Fox Farm | Easy-Moderate | 3 Mi | 400 Ft | SX | |
Barre | Ware Rive Trail South | Easy-Moderate | 6.5 Mi | 250 Ft | BHSX | |
Holden | Trout Brook | Easy | 4 Mi | 200 Ft | BHSX | |
Holden | Mill St Rail Trails | Easy | 4.5 Mi | 350 Ft | BSX | |
Holden | Moderate | 6.1 Mi | 400 Ft | SX | ||
Holden | Rail Trail - Off Trail | Easy | 3-7 Miles | 100 Ft | SX | |
Hubbardston | Mt. Jefferson Conservation Area - Laurel Trail | Easy | 3 Mi | 100 Ft | BHSX | |
Hubbardston | Mt. Jefferson Conservation Area - South Loop | Moderate | 5.4 Mi | 450 Ft | BHSX | |
Rutland | Barre Falls and Rutland Prison Camp | Moderate | 7.6 Mi | 950 Ft | BSX | |
Rutland | Rutland-Barre Central Mass Rail Trail | Easy | 4-8 Mi | 100 Ft | BHSX | |
Sterling | Heywood Reservoir | Moderate | 4 Mi | 450 Ft | BHSX | |
Sterling | Hog Hill | Easy | 3 Mi | 300 Ft | SX | X |
Sterling | Lynde Basin / Wekepeke | Easy-Moderate | 3 Mi | 250 Ft | SX | |
Sterling | Stillwater Basin | Easy-Moderate | 3.5 Mi | 600 Ft | SX | |
Sterling/Clinton | Clinton Dam and Tunnel | Moderate | 3-7 Mi | 350 Ft | SX | |
Sterling | Pine Esker / Rocky Brook | Moderate | 3.5 Mi | 300 Ft | SX | |
Sterling | Wachusett Reservoir Northwest | Easy | 4.3 Mi | 400 Ft | SX | |
Leominster | Monoosnoc Trail to Sholan Farms | Moderate-Difficult | 8 Mii | 1200 Ft | BHSX | |
Leominster | Monoosnoc to Rocky Pond Trail Head | Moderate-Difficult | 6.5 Mi | 1000 Ft | BHSX | |
Westminster | High Ridge WMA | Easy-Moderate | 3.5 Mi | 500 Ft | BHSX | |
Westminster | Muddy Pond | Easy | 4 Mi | 100 Ft | BHSX | |
Westminster | Whitmanville River Loop | Moderate | 5.3 Miles | 400 Ft | BSX | |
West Boylston | Wachusett Reservoir South | Easy-Moderate | 4.5 Mi | 275 Ft | SX | |
West Boylston | Wachusett Reservoir Southwest | Moderate | 6 Mi | 800 Ft | SX |
* In some cases, trail usage is more complicated than what is shown here. For example, horses and mountain bikes are allowed on pathways designated as roads, paved and unpaved, within Wachusett Mountain State Reservation, but not on established woodland trails where only foot traffic is allowed.