Thinking Rock & Dresser Loop
3.7 mi · ▲ 285 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Thinking Rock & Dresser Loop is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Cook's Woods near Salisbury Heights, MA. The route reaches Thinking Rock at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 285 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Thinking Rock & Dresser Loop
3.7 mi · ▲ 285 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 646–893 ft
Out & Back · Cook's Woods
Trailhead: 42.30539, -71.84567
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Transit-accessible: Mower St stop 564 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Blackberry Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Kinneywood Loop, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dresser Loop, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Cook's Path, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Woonaskachu's Path (blue rctgl.), heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Thinking Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Cook's Path, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Dresser Loop, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Kinneywood Loop, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Blackberry Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftArrive 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Mower St stop 564 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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