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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 13–27 °C (55–81 °F)

  1. J1°-7°93
  2. F3°-6°97
  3. M7°-2°124
  4. A13°4°118
  5. M18°9°108
  6. J24°15°106
  7. J27°18°107
  8. A26°17°93
  9. S22°14°107
  10. O15°8°118
  11. N10°3°124
  12. D4°-3°118

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.

Trail facts

Mapped length
53 km · 33 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Nearest town
3.2 km SE of Andover (Essex County, Massachusetts) · GeoNames
Best months
Apr–Oct
Country
United States of America
Region
Massachusetts
Continent
North America
Route type
Local route
Route centre
42.5051, -71.1034
Route start
42.6407, -71.1064
OpenStreetMap
relation 18134503
Official info
mysticlinktrail.org/
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.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

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