Hunting Hills Wildlife Management Area
Dow Parcel via Beaver Trail (maintenance needed)
6.4 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Dow Parcel via Beaver Trail (maintenance needed) is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Hunting Hills Wildlife Management Area near Goodrichville, MA. The route reaches Dow Parcel at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 300 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dow Parcel via Beaver Trail (maintenance needed)
6.4 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 334–491 ft
Out & Back · Hunting Hills Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 42.59766, -71.68564
Weather Sep 20: Heavy drizzle, high 57°F / low 46° · precip 57% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Beaver Trail (maintenance needed), heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Dow Parcel, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Tote Road, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 5:43 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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