Chilson Beach & Well # 1 Beach via Southern New England Trunkline Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Chilson Beach & Well # 1 Beach via Southern New England Trunkline Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Wadsworth, MA. The route passes Chilson Beach before reaching Well # 1 Beach at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 391 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi246 – 400 ft5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.06247, -71.42771
Nearest town Wadsworth, MA
Directions
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Chilson Beach & Well # 1 Beach via Southern New England Trunkline Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 248–402 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.06247, -71.42771
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Southern New England Trunkline Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftPass Well # 1 Beach.
- 50 ftReach Chilson Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 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 surface
12% gravel88% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:48 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Southern New England Trunkline Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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