Midstate Trail itinerary
Every mile marker on the Midstate Trail route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one, and which permit each stretch needs. To set alerts for your dates, go to the Midstate Trail permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The Midstate Trail. One reservation is a trailhead or zone plus an entry date; you roam after that, issued by walk-up.
- Stops mapped
- 11
- Across the markers
- 83.4 mi
- Route length, measured
- about 93.2 mi
- Ascent, at least
- 1,371 ft
The stops below are the route's published mile markers, in order, with the elevations recorded against each one.
Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.
The Midstate Trail route, stop by stop
Mile 1.2
1,832 ft
Mount Watatic (north terminus area)
4.6 miles · 387 ft down to Mount Hunger
Mile 5.8
1,445 ft
Mount Hunger
4.6 miles · 401 ft down to Muddy Pond
Mile 10.4
1,044 ft
Muddy Pond
10.2 miles · 100 ft down to Redemption Rock
Mile 20.6
944 ft
Redemption Rock
3.5 miles · 1,062 ft up to Wachusett Mountain State Reservation (summit)
Mile 24.1
2,006 ft
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation (summit)
13.6 miles · 1,187 ft down to Barre Falls Dam
Mile 37.7
819 ft
Barre Falls Dam
4.9 miles · 62 ft up to White Hall
Mile 42.6
881 ft
White Hall
8.6 miles · 136 ft up to Buck Hill
Mile 51.2
1,017 ft
Buck Hill
11.2 miles · 46 ft up to Flat Hill
Mile 62.4
1,063 ft
Flat Hill
12.1 miles · 298 ft down to Buffalo Hill
Mile 74.5
765 ft
Buffalo Hill
10.1 miles · 65 ft up to Douglas State Forest (south terminus)
Mile 84.6
830 ft
Douglas State Forest (south terminus)
Getting a Midstate Trail for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. Midstate Trail dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations. They return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag checks Midstate Trail around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.