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Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area

Lowland Loop & The Blue Trail via Old Carriage Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Lowland Loop & The Blue Trail via Old Carriage Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area near West Farms, MA. It climbs 302 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi266 – 453 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31085, -72.70426
Nearest town West Farms, MA
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Lowland Loop & The Blue Trail via Old Carriage Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Elevation 266–454 ft

Out & Back · Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.31085, -72.70426

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  4. 0.6 miBear right onto Old Carriage Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.7 miBear right onto Shipley Shortcut, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto The Blue Trail, heading NE.
  7. 150 ftTurn right onto Lowland Loop, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miReach The Blue Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto The Blue Trail, heading NW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right onto Shipley Shortcut, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Old Carriage Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  13. 0.6 miSharp right, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.4 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/florence-pond-out-back-4-km-ae54

Trail surface

80% dirt20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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