Cousins' Rock–Thinking Rock, 4 sights
3.6 mi · ▲ 264 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Cousins' Rock–Thinking Rock, 4 sights is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Cook's Woods near Camp Kinneywood, MA. The route passes Cousins' Rock before reaching Thinking Rock at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 264 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cousins' Rock–Thinking Rock, 4 sights
3.6 mi · ▲ 264 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 645–901 ft
Out & Back · Cook's Woods
Trailhead: Blackberry Trail · 42.30839, -71.85604
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Mower St stop 564 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blackberry Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Cousins' Rock.
- 300 ftBear right onto Wall Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Dresser Loop, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Cook's Path, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Woonaskachu's Path (blue rctgl.), heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Cousins' Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Thinking Rock.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Cook's Path, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Dresser Loop, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Wall Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Blackberry Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Transit-accessible: Mower St stop 564 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Path Continues–Crystal Pond, 3 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 258 ft
- Cook's Path–Dresser Loop, 3 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 197 ft
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