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Quabbin Reservoir Reservation

Blake Road–Cooleyville Road, 8 sights

14.3 mi · ▲ 1,215 ft · 5 hr 22 min

Blake Road–Cooleyville Road, 8 sights is a 14.3-mile out-and-back in Quabbin Reservoir Reservation near Cooleyville, MA. It climbs 1,215 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi545 – 965 ft14.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cooleyville Road 42.45642, -72.37363
Nearest town Cooleyville, MA
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Blake Road–Cooleyville Road, 8 sights

14.3 mi · ▲ 1,215 ft · 5 hr 22 min

Elevation 543–966 ft

Out & Back · Quabbin Reservoir Reservation

Trailhead: Cooleyville Road · 42.45642, -72.37363

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

  1. Start on Cooleyville Road, heading S.
  2. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Prescott Shutesbury Road, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Fish Hill Road, heading NE.
  4. 1.1 miTurn right onto North Prescott Road, heading S.
  5. 350 ftTurn left onto Patterson Road, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right onto Blake Road, heading S.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left onto Smith Vaughn Road, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miBear left onto J Vaughn Road, heading N.
  9. 1.9 miTurn right onto Shutesbury Road, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miSharp left onto South Main Street, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Russell Road, heading N.
  12. 0.7 miReach Cooleyville Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.7 miContinue straight onto South Main Street, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right onto Shutesbury Road, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left onto J Vaughn Road, heading W.
  16. 1.9 miBear right onto Smith Vaughn Road, heading SE.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right onto Blake Road, heading SW.
  18. 0.7 miSharp left onto Patterson Road, heading N.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto North Prescott Road, heading W.
  20. 350 ftTurn left onto Fish Hill Road, heading N.
  21. 1.1 miTurn right onto Prescott Shutesbury Road, heading W.
  22. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cooleyville Road, heading W.
  23. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blake-road-cooleyville-road-out-back-8-sights

Trail surface

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 79°F62°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity79%
Rained 1.5″ yesterday (4.6″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:45 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:07 PM
Wed 81°63°
Thu 87°67° 56%
Fri 92°69° 39%
Sat 90°68° 39%
Sun 92°65°
Mon 90°68° 18%

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