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Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area

Plain Road Branch via Bartlett Road

5.1 mi · ▲ 334 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Plain Road Branch via Bartlett Road is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area near Turners Falls, MA. It climbs 334 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi312 – 535 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.58614, -72.54618
Nearest town Turners Falls, MA
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Plain Road Branch via Bartlett Road

5.1 mi · ▲ 334 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 312–534 ft

Out & Back · Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.58614, -72.54618

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Transit-accessible: Turners Falls High School stop 335 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.8 miBear right onto Plain Road Branch, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miReach Plain Road Branch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 450 ftTurn left onto Bartlett Road, heading S.
  12. 0.8 miBear left onto Plains Road, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Bartlett Road, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  17. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 400 ftBear right, heading N.
  23. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  25. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/plain-road-branch-out-back-8-km-3b7e

Trail surface

29% dirt71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Turners Falls High School stop 335 m from the trailhead

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