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4,464 ft
Distance
85 ft
Climb
-209 ft
Descent
00:08:13
Avg time
-124 ft
Altitude change
34 ft
Altitude min
177 ft
Altitude max
168 ft
Altitude start
44 ft
Altitude end
-2.778%
Grade
-18.983%
Grade max
19.123%
Grade min
1,373 ft
Distance climb
2,517 ft
Distance down
574 ft
Distance flat
00:08:13
Avg time
Skull Face Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaBradley Palmer State Park
Ipswich, Massachusetts -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (1 vote)
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Local Popularity85 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 65 in Trail Running
- 90 in Hiking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM
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DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular Direction Shown
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
Great down hill run
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
Recent Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 5 rides
- 6 miles average
6 Months
- 138 rides
- 13 miles avg distance
All
- 1,032 rides
- Last: Oct 20, 2026
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- Prevalent Mud
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- Very Dry
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Directions to skull-face trailhead
(42.655500, -70.893970)
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Routes with this trail
★ 4.4 • 19 miles • 1,287 ft • 36 • Loop •
19 miles loop connecting most of Willowdale's single tracks plus a long climb heading to a nice flow...
★ 4.0 • 64 miles • 2,927 ft • 85 • Out & Back •
100km ride on the ipswich mtb system
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5 Reviews & Comments
jturi
tree completely blocking trail near the start
dukeblaster
This trail is the only trail I found enjoyable at Bradley Palmer from a mountain bike perspective. It was purposely built for bikes. The other trails at BP seem to be made only for horses, and are a chore to ride through (fun factor way down and trail surface not great for bikes). BP has so much potential and I wish there were more trails cut like this one. Maybe I didn't hit all the good trails in BP, but out of the 8 miles I rode this was the only redeeming trail.
irafcummings
Definitely overrated. It's not bad, but the flow is very short-lived. Slogging through the boring/horrible trails to get here almost makes it not worth it.
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