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Conway State Forest

Cricket Hill Road via Hen Hawk Trail

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,312 ft · 3 hr 57 min

Cricket Hill Road via Hen Hawk Trail is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Conway State Forest near Searsville, MA. It climbs 1,312 ft. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi810 – 1,355 ft10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.43176, -72.73518
Nearest town Searsville, MA
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Cricket Hill Road via Hen Hawk Trail

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,312 ft · 3 hr 57 min

Elevation 811–1,354 ft

Out & Back · Conway State Forest

Trailhead: 42.43176, -72.73518

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Historic Dam Trail (yellow), heading NE.
  3. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 1.4 miSharp left onto Hen Hawk Trail, heading N.
  6. 1 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 1.9 miContinue straight onto Cricket Hill Road, heading NE.
  8. 0.4 miReach Cricket Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 2.3 miTurn right onto Hen Hawk Trail, heading SE.
  10. 1 miSharp right, heading S.
  11. 1.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 250 ftTurn left onto Historic Dam Trail (yellow), heading SW.
  13. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cricket-hill-road-out-back-16-km-9375

Trail surface

28% dirt72% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:09 PM

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