Best hikes in Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest
Ambleway maps 14 hikes in Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest, from a 1.9-mile walk to a 12-mile day out. All of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Baker Reservoir. The biggest climb is Mount Orient–Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land, 5 sights, gaining 1,428 ft, and the network tops out at 1,120 ft. One trailhead is within walking range of public transit.
- Baker Reservoir 1.9 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Robert Frost Sunset Point–Atkins Reservoir Loop, 3 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 518 ft
- Smith Conservation Restriction–Roaring Brook Conservation Area, 3 groves 4 mi · ▲ 729 ft
- Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land & Broad Hill Road (unimproved track) 4 mi · ▲ 517 ft
- Poverty Mountain–Robert Frost Sunset Point Loop, 5 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 750 ft
- M&M Trail (Old Route) 4.5 mi · ▲ 523 ft
- Roaring Brook Conservation Area & Bates Sanctuary via M&M Trail (Old Route) 4.5 mi · ▲ 690 ft
- Atkins Reservoir & Broad Hill Road (unimproved track) via M&M Trail (Old Route) 5.4 mi · ▲ 607 ft
- Broad Hill Road (unimproved track) 6.8 mi · ▲ 567 ft
- Middle Access Road & Robert Frost Trail 7.5 mi · ▲ 964 ft
- Bates Sanctuary & Middle Access Road 8.6 mi · ▲ 939 ft
- Mount Orient–Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land, 5 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,428 ft
- Robert Frost Trail 11.1 mi · ▲ 1,420 ft
- Poverty Ridge Run via Robert Frost Trail (Orange) 11.5 mi · ▲ 1,347 ft