2,690 ft
Distance
21 ft
Climb
-124 ft
Descent
00:04:30
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Fire Tower Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
    • Snowshoe
  • Riding Area
    Nickerson State Park
    Brewster, Massachusetts
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (2 votes)
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC, Fat
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #57575 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #19919 in Trail Running
    • #34196 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 100 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
    • 5 in Snowshoeing

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Fire Tower Trail is a 2,690 ft popular black diamond singletrack trail located near Brewster Massachusetts. This multi-use trail can be used both directions and has a hard overall physical rating with a 21 ft black diamond climb. On average it takes 4 minutes to complete this trail.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Fire Tower Trail multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -102 ft
  • Altitude min
    32 ft
  • Altitude max
    137 ft
  • Altitude start
    137 ft
  • Altitude end
    36 ft
  • Grade
    -3.8%
  • Grade max
    -22.9%
  • Grade min
    12.6%
  • Distance climb
    538 ft
  • Distance down
    1,542 ft
  • Distance flat
    400 ft
  • Avg time
    00:04:30
  • Avg reverse time
    00:06:23
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      Fire Tower Trail Trail Reports

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      Aug 15, 2023 @ 5:33am
      Aug 15, 2023
      Apr 17, 2023 @ 5:40pm
      Apr 17, 2023
      		 reporter
      Jul 17, 2018 @ 6:14am
      Jul 17, 2018
      Jun 29, 2018 @ 3:07pm
      Jun 29, 2018
      		 Fun ride behind the tower, steep at first.
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 5 rides
      • 27.4 km avg distance
      6 Months
      • 65 rides
      • 25.0 km avg distance
      All
      • 513 rides
      • Last: Jul 18, 2025

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