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Bay Circuit Trail

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Trail37 km · 23 miBest Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov

Next nearby hike: BCT 7 First Drumlin Route (LincolnWeston/Wayland) 0.5 mi · 0.8 km Explore Bay Circuit →

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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov · highs 10–25 °C (50–77 °F)

J2°-7°87
F4°-5°92
M8°-2°110
A14°4°104
M20°9°97
J25°15°101
J28°18°97
A27°18°88
S23°14°94
O16°8°100
N10°3°118
D4°-3°109

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

Bay Circuit Trail is a trail of about 37 km (23 mi) in Massachusetts, United States of America. It is at Wayland. By long-term climate averages, the best months are Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Length: 37 km · 23 mi (agency length field)
Source: USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Data from: MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information)
Place: Bay Circuit (grouped by trail name)
Nearest town: At Wayland (Middlesex County, Massachusetts) · GeoNames
Best months: Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov
Country: United States of America
Region: Massachusetts
Continent: North America
Route centre: 42.3918, -71.3536

How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

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