Trip report

Easy 2.5 - 3 Mile Dogtown Hike

Hiking - Easy DATE: 10/25/2026 - 10/25/2026

Trip/Event Location: Gloucester , MA
US

Trip Leader(s): ChrisL

Max # People: 20

Trip Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money

Difficulty Level: Easy

Updated October 22 (added the weather forecast and cleaned up the directions):

It looks like it will be a little chilly (60 degrees) but otherwise a very nice day for the hike. Sunny and not too

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Driving directions to the location and spot to meet at:

Use "84 Cherry St Gloucester MA" on maps or GPS. This will get you to the intersection of Cherry St and Dogtown Road. The meeting place is at the trailhead about 500ft up Dogtown Rd.

As you approach on Cherry look for a brown "Dogtown Commons" sign which marks Dogtown Rd (it's a small little road).

Drive up it about 500ft and you’ll see a small parking area on the right (that’s the trailhead and meeting spot). If it's full park on the shoulder on Cherry St (on the opposite side of the street from the houses) and walk up Dogwood to the trail head.

One of the photos shows the details of the parking and where we’re meeting (the red "X".) If you’re coming in from Boston/Beverly on Rte 128 North the broken red line shows the route. 

We’ll meet at the trailhead at the small parking lot on Dogwood Rd. I’ll be wearing a beige ball cap.


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What Members Are Saying About This Trip/Event

  • Hi Chris, Just a note to thank you for organizing today's Dogtown Hike. It was a perfect day outside. Finding and reading the boulders was an added benefit. - TH

Members That Participated

ChrisL

Outdoor Fitness Level: Easy


MA - North Shore, MA


United States
sustaining member
jconroy

Outdoor Fitness Level: Moderate


Beverly, MA


United States
Bobcat

Outdoor Fitness Level: Strenuous


Upton, MA


United States
jrdhiker

Outdoor Fitness Level: Moderate to Strenuous


Upton, MA


United States
btmitch

Outdoor Fitness Level: Moderate


South Boston, MA


United States
guest member
wxdude

Outdoor Fitness Level: Easy


Boston, MA


United States
Joel02139

Outdoor Fitness Level: Easy to Moderate


CAMBRIDGE, MA


United States
guest member
Chanh

Outdoor Fitness Level: Moderate


Boston, MA


United States
Mlaliberte

Outdoor Fitness Level: Moderate


Paxton, MA


United States
LewLasher

Outdoor Fitness Level: Moderate to Strenuous


Cambridge, MA


United States
guest member
TH

Outdoor Fitness Level: Easy to Moderate


Salem, MA


United States
KeithES

Outdoor Fitness Level: Moderate


Jamaica Plain, MA


United States
TH Oct 25, 2026 at 9:17 PM

Comment: Hi Chris, Just a note to thank you for organizing today's Dogtown Hike. It was a perfect day outside. Finding and reading the boulders was an added benefit.

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