Documentation of Guided Hikes

The Open Space Committee regularly leads guided hikes on trails in the Princeton area. See below for location, parking, and hiking instructions for many of these hikes.

Information about additional local trail areas can be found using the ‘Trails Areas’ link on the menu to the left.

To report issues or make suggestions, please contact us via email.

Documentation of Area Guided Hikes

Use Codes – Activities Allowed:

B=Bikes
H=Horses
S=Snowshoeing
X=Cross Country Skiing

Town	Hike Name	Difficulty	Distance in Miles	Elevation in Feet	Uses *
Princeton	Wachusett West Loop	Moderate	4.5	790	SX
Princeton	Wachusett North Loop	Difficult	5	1000	SX
Princeton	Wachusett South Loop	Difficult	3	1000	SX
Princeton	Wachusett East Loop	Difficult	3.5	700	SX
Princeton	Wachusett Redline	Very Difficult	17.	4000	X
Princeton	Leominster State Forest Paradise Pond and Wolf Rock Loop	Moderate	4	300	BHSX
Princeton	Leominster State Forest Ball Hill Loop	Moderate-Difficult	4.5	1000	BHSX
Princeton	Leominster State Forest Hillbilly Heaven	Easy	3	100	BHSX
Princeton	Leominster State Forest – Wolf Den	Easy	4	300	BHSX
Princeton	Leominster State Forest Notown Reservoir	Easy-Moderate	4	400	BHSX
Princeton	Leominster State Forest Crow Hill North Loop	Moderate	3.5	650	BHSX
Princeton	Mass Audubon Wachusett Meadow South	Easy-Moderate	2.5	250	S
Princeton	Mass Audubon Wachusett Meadow North and Brown Hill	Moderate	3.3	350	S
Princeton	Princeton Land Trust Russell Corner	Easy	2	200	BHSX
Princeton	Princeton Land Trust Krashes to Russell Corner	Easy-Moderate	3.6	200	BHSX
Princeton	Princeton Land Trust Bullock McElroy	Easy	2	100	BHSX
Princeton	Princeton Land Trust Gregory Alexander	Moderate	1	100	BHSX
Princeton	Central Princeton PLT Trails	Moderate	3	200	BSX
Princeton	Four Corners Loop	Easy-Moderate	2.5	200	SX
Princeton	Cobb Brook Trails	Easy-Moderate	2.0	200	BSX
Princeton	Wachusett Ski Area to Redemption Rock	Moderate	4	200	BSX
Princeton	Savage Hill Loop	Moderate-Difficult	6	300	BHSX
Princeton	Thomas Prince Nature Trails	Easy	2	40	BHSX
Princeton	Red Fox Farm Trails	Easy	1	100	BHSX
Princeton	Little Wachusett Loop	Moderate	4	350	SX
Princeton	Calamint Hill Trails	Easy	3i	200	BHSX
Princeton	Poutwater Pond From Esty Road	Moderate	4	200	SX
Princeton	Crow Hill to Redemption Rock	Moderate-Difficult	4	400	BHSX
Princeton	Bickford Pond Loop	Easy-Moderate	3.5	200	BHSX
Princeton	Lovers Lane to Overlook Lane	Easy-Moderate	3.5	200	BHSX
Princeton	Cat Rocks and Behind the Onion Patch	Moderate	4.5	200	SX
Princeton	Mason Road to Red Fox Farm	Easy-Moderate	3	400	SX
Barre	Ware River Trail South	Easy-Moderate	6.5	250	BHSX
Holden	Trout Brook	Easy	4	200	BHSX
Holden	Mill St Rail Trails	Easy	4.5	350	BSX
Holden	Holbrook Woods to Cascades (GWLT)	Moderate	6.1	400	SX
Holden	Rail Trail – Off Trail	Easy	3-7	100	SX
Hubbardston	Mt. Jefferson Conservation Area – Laurel Trail	Easy	3	100	BHSX
Hubbardston	Mt. Jefferson Conservation Area – South Loop	Moderate	5.4	450	BHSX
Rutland	Barre Falls and Rutland Prison Camp	Moderate	7.6	950	BSX
Rutland	Rutland-Barre Central Mass Rail Trail	Easy	4-8	100	BHSX
Sterling	Heywood Reservoir	Moderate	4	450	BHSX
Sterling	Hog Hill	Easy	3	300	SX
Sterling	Lynde Basin / Wekepeke	Easy-Moderate	3	250	SX
Sterling	Stillwater Basin	Easy-Moderate	3.5	600	SX
Sterling/Clinton	Clinton Dam and Tunnel	Moderate	3-7	350	SX
Sterling	Pine Esker / Rocky Brook	Moderate	3.5	300	SX
Sterling	Wachusett Reservoir Northwest	Easy	4.3	400	SX
Leominster	Monoosnoc Trail to Sholan Farms	Moderate-Difficult	8	1200	BHSX
Leominster	Monoosnoc to Rocky Pond Trail Head	Moderate-Difficult	6.5	1000	BHSX
Westminster	High Ridge WMA	Easy-Moderate	3.5	500	BHSX
Westminster	Muddy Pond	Easy	4	100	BHSX
Westminster	Whitmanville River Loop	Moderate	5.3	400	BSX
West Boylston	Wachusett Reservoir South	Easy-Moderate	4.5	275	SX
West Boylston	Wachusett Reservoir Southwest	Moderate	6	800	SX