BCT Section 3

BCT Section 3: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit BCT Section 3

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach BCT Section 3 — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.63967, -71.06852. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near BCT Section 3

• Harold Parker State Forest · sanctuary · Essex · ~3 km · Must-see
• Sentinel Perimeter Acquisition Radar Excavation · lake · Essex · ~3 km · Must-see
• Ward Reservation · sanctuary · Essex · ~4 km · Must-see
• North Parish Unitarian Universalist Church · church · Essex · ~8 km · Must-see
• South Church · church · Essex · ~8 km · Must-see
• Weir Hill · viewpoint · Rockingham · ~8 km · Must-see
• Coolidge Estate · sanctuary · Rockingham · ~11 km · Must-see
• Great Stone Dam · lake · Essex · ~13 km · Must-see
• Grace Episcopal Church · church · Essex · ~13 km · Must-see
• Campagnone Common · park · Rockingham · ~13 km · Must-see
• Glen Magna Farms · fort · Essex · ~14 km · Must-see
• Willowdale State Forest · sanctuary · Essex · ~16 km · Must-see
• Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary · sanctuary · Essex · ~16 km · Must-see
• Silver Lake Town Beach · beach · Middlesex · ~16 km · Must-see
• Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary · sanctuary · Rockingham · ~16 km · Must-see
• Lake Quannapowitt · lake · Middlesex · ~17 km · Must-see
• Bradley Palmer State Park · sanctuary · Essex · ~18 km · Must-see
• Bradley Palmer State Park · park · Rockingham · ~18 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of BCT Section 3

Other treks near BCT Section 3

• BCT 10 · trek · Norfolk · ~72 km · Must-see
• Warner Trail · trek · Norfolk · ~83 km · Must-see
• Wapack Trail · trek · Hillsborough · ~87 km · Must-see
• Midstate Trail · trek · Worcester · ~95 km · Must-see
• Metacomet - Monadnock Trail · trek · Franklin · ~140 km · Must-see
• Boston HarborWalk · trek · Suffolk · ~43 km
• North Brookfield Rail Trail · trek · Worcester · ~116 km
• Tully Trail · trek · Worcester · ~120 km
• Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway · trek · Cheshire · ~123 km
• The Sandwich Boardwalk · trek · Barnstable · ~136 km

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