Bee Hill–Heywood Reservoir, 3 lakes
6.7 mi · ▲ 621 ft · 2 hr 33 min
Bee Hill–Heywood Reservoir, 3 lakes is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Sholan Farms near Pratt Junction, MA. The route passes Bee Hill and Heywood Reservoir before reaching Haynes Reservoir at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 621 ft. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Bee Hill–Heywood Reservoir, 3 lakes
6.7 mi · ▲ 621 ft · 2 hr 33 min
Elevation 644–953 ft
Out & Back · Sholan Farms
Trailhead: 42.48753, -71.77414
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftPass Bee Hill.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Monooscnuc Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Heywood Reservoir.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto May Street, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Monoosnoc Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 2.2 miPass Haynes Reservoir.
- 250 ftReach Bee Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto May Street, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Monooscnuc Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Heywood Reservoir–May Street, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Bee Hill–Heywood Reservoir, 3 summits 2.6 mi · ▲ 176 ft
- Heywood Reservoir & Haynes Reservoir via Monoosnoc Ridge Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 585 ft
- Long Hill–Bee Hill, 4 summits 6.9 mi · ▲ 529 ft
- Morse Reservoir–Distributing Reservoir, 4 lakes 9.1 mi · ▲ 631 ft
- Monoosnoc Ridge Viewpoint–Morse Reservoir, 4 lakes 10 mi · ▲ 1,021 ft
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