AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area

Lowland Loop–Old Carriage Trail, 3 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 294 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Lowland Loop–Old Carriage Trail, 3 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area near West Farms, MA. It climbs 294 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi266 – 518 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Blaze Overlook Trail 42.31357, -72.70857
Nearest town West Farms, MA
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Lowland Loop–Old Carriage Trail, 3 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 294 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Elevation 266–520 ft

Out & Back · Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area

Trailhead: Blue Blaze Overlook Trail · 42.31357, -72.70857

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

  1. Start on Blue Blaze Overlook Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Blazed Loop Trail, heading N.
  3. 150 ftBear right onto White Blazed Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Old Carriage Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.8 miBear right onto Shipley Shortcut, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto The Blue Trail, heading NE.
  8. 200 ftTurn right onto Lowland Loop, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miReach Old Carriage Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto The Blue Trail, heading NW.
  11. 150 ftTurn right onto Shipley Shortcut, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miBear left onto Old Carriage Trail, heading W.
  13. 1.4 miTurn right onto White Blazed Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Blue Blazed Loop Trail, heading SE.
  15. 100 ftTurn left onto Blue Blaze Overlook Trail, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftArrive 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-5-km-a293

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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