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Mt. Esther Wildlife Management Area

Big Loop Trail via Dickinson Hill Road

13.6 mi · ▲ 1,499 ft · 5 hr 17 min

Big Loop Trail via Dickinson Hill Road is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Mt. Esther Wildlife Management Area near Whately, MA. It climbs 1,499 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 883 ft · steepest grade: 17%13.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.46369, -72.64776
Nearest town Whately, MA
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Big Loop Trail via Dickinson Hill Road

13.6 mi · ▲ 1,499 ft · 5 hr 17 min

Elevation 167–884 ft

Out & Back · Mt. Esther Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.46369, -72.64776

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left onto Dickinson Hill Road, heading S.
  5. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Big Loop Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.6 miReach Big Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  16. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  19. 1.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 1.4 miTurn left onto Dickinson Hill Road, heading W.
  23. 3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 1.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/big-loop-trail-out-back-22-km

Trail surface

11% dirt89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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