Gerry Hill & South Reservoir via Ram's Head Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Gerry Hill & South Reservoir via Ram's Head Road is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Medford, MA. The route passes South Reservoir before reaching Gerry Hill at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 193 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Gerry Hill & South Reservoir via Ram's Head Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 46–245 ft
Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: 42.42557, -71.11572
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: High St @ Rural Ave - Winthrop Circle stop 497 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Ram's Head Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 500 ftBear right, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Middle Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass South Reservoir.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Brooks Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Reservoir Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Brooks Road, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Gerry Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Reservoir Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Brooks Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Middle Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Ram's Head Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: High St @ Rural Ave - Winthrop Circle stop 497 m from the trailhead
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- rock sofa–North Reservoir, 4 lakes 5.6 mi · ▲ 246 ft
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