Enfield Look Out & Enfield Lookout Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Quabbin Park near West Ware, MA. The route reaches Enfield Look Out at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 389 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi702 – 978 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.29815, -72.32686
Nearest town West Ware, MA
Directions
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Enfield Look Out & Enfield Lookout Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 389 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 704–977 ft
Out & Back · Quabbin Park
Trailhead: 42.29815, -72.32686
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1 miReach Enfield Look Out, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
98% dirt1% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~45 min). Leave by 5:47 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Quabbin Hill–Quabbin Reservoir, 4 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 981 ft
- Quabbin Hill & Observation Tower Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 775 ft
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