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Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve

Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve Viewpoint & Glaziers Pond

3 mi · ▲ 217 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve Viewpoint & Glaziers Pond is a 3-mile out-and-back in Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve near Vining Hill, MA. The route passes Glaziers Pond before reaching Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 217 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi413 – 666 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.04695, -72.83451
Nearest town Vining Hill, MA
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Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve Viewpoint & Glaziers Pond

3 mi · ▲ 217 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 414–667 ft

Out & Back · Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve

Trailhead: 42.04695, -72.83451

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  11. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miPass Glaziers Pond.
  13. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 250 ftReach Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  25. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  29. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  30. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  31. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  32. 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/glaziers-pond-glaziers-pond-out-back-4-km-47bf

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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