Mine Brook Wildlife Management Area
Bare Hill & Beaver Pond
6 mi · ▲ 566 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Bare Hill & Beaver Pond is a 6-mile out-and-back in Mine Brook Wildlife Management Area near Orchard Hills Estates, MA. The route passes Bare Hill before reaching Beaver Pond at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 566 ft. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Bare Hill & Beaver Pond
6 mi · ▲ 566 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 631–859 ft
Out & Back · Mine Brook Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 42.08288, -71.83449
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Bare Hill.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Beaver Pond.
- 100 ftReach Bare Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:11 PM — 7 min before dark.
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