College Rock–Beaver Brook Way, 4 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 1 hr 27 min
College Rock–Beaver Brook Way, 4 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Town Forest near Braggville, MA. The route reaches College Rock. It climbs 307 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi269 – 384 ft4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Holliston Highway 42.17701, -71.48460
Nearest town Braggville, MA
Directions
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College Rock–Beaver Brook Way, 4 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 270–385 ft
Out & Back · Town Forest
Trailhead: Holliston Highway · 42.17701, -71.48460
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Holliston Highway, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sudden Impact, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dolphin Rock, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Holliston Highway, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Milford Byway, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Beaver Brook Way, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto The Gulley, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Way, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto College Rock Run, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Walker Trail, heading NW.
- 300 ftPass College Rock.
- 150 ftBear left onto College Rock, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left onto Stairway To College, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach College Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right onto College Rock, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right onto Walker Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto College Rock Run, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto The Gulley, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Beaver Brook Way, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Milford Byway, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Holliston Highway, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Dolphin Rock, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Sudden Impact, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Holliston Highway, heading E.
- 0.1 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
85% dirt15% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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