Nashua Valley Conservation Area
Distributing Reservoir & Haynes Reservoir via Monoosnoc Ridge Trail
6.7 mi · ▲ 1,026 ft · 2 hr 45 min
Distributing Reservoir & Haynes Reservoir via Monoosnoc Ridge Trail is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Nashua Valley Conservation Area near Leominster, MA. The route passes Distributing Reservoir before reaching Haynes Reservoir at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 1,026 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Distributing Reservoir & Haynes Reservoir via Monoosnoc Ridge Trail
6.7 mi · ▲ 1,026 ft · 2 hr 45 min
Elevation 578–1,109 ft
Out & Back · Nashua Valley Conservation Area
Trailhead: 42.52646, -71.78638
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Distributing Reservoir.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Monoosnoc Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Haynes Reservoir.
- 50 ftReach Distributing Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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