Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area
Blue Blazed Loop Trail–Flat Rock, 8 sights
6.2 mi · ▲ 728 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Blue Blazed Loop Trail–Flat Rock, 8 sights is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area near West Farms, MA. It climbs 728 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Blue Blazed Loop Trail–Flat Rock, 8 sights
6.2 mi · ▲ 728 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Elevation 302–614 ft
Out & Back · Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area
Trailhead: Blue Blazed Loop Trail · 42.30984, -72.71196
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 58°F / low 52° · precip 72% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
- Start on Blue Blazed Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto White Blazed Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Old Carriage Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Telephone Line, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear left onto Wild Side, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Old Telephone Line, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Blue Blazed Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Wild Side, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Upper Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tree Hugger, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Carriage Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftBear left onto The Blue Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto The White Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Flat Rock, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto White Blazed Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Blue Blazed Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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