Butternut Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
Harkness Conservation Area & Well-Away Farm Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 1,015 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Harkness Conservation Area & Well-Away Farm Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Butternut Hill Wildlife Sanctuary near Meads Corner, MA. The route reaches Harkness Conservation Area. It climbs 1,015 ft. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Harkness Conservation Area & Well-Away Farm Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 1,015 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Elevation 321–982 ft
Out & Back · Butternut Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
Trailhead: 42.36466, -72.44345
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 59°F / low 52° · precip 65% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Harkness Conservation Area.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Well Away Farm Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miReach Harkness Conservation Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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