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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.

Elevation

0 mi302 – 614 ft · steepest grade: 15%6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Blazed Loop Trail 42.30984, -72.71196
Nearest town West Farms, MA
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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 Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start on Blue Blazed Loop Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miBear right onto White Blazed Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Old Carriage Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Telephone Line, heading NW.
  10. 300 ftBear left onto Wild Side, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Old Telephone Line, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miReach Blue Blazed Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miBear right onto Wild Side, heading W.
  14. 1.1 miTurn left onto Upper Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tree Hugger, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Carriage Trail, heading E.
  21. 300 ftBear left onto The Blue Trail, heading E.
  22. 150 ftContinue straight onto The White Trail, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  24. 0.1 miBear right onto Flat Rock, heading SE.
  25. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  26. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  27. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 350 ftTurn left onto White Blazed Trail, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miBear left onto Blue Blazed Loop Trail, heading SW.
  30. 0.3 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/blue-blazed-loop-trail-flat-rock-out-back-7-sights

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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