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Harkness Conservation Area

Harkness Conservation Area & Well-Away Farm Trail

5 mi · ▲ 373 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Harkness Conservation Area & Well-Away Farm Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Harkness Conservation Area near Dwight, MA. The route reaches Harkness Conservation Area. It climbs 373 ft. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi322 – 577 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.34811, -72.46696
Nearest town Dwight, MA
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Harkness Conservation Area & Well-Away Farm Trail

5 mi · ▲ 373 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Elevation 321–578 ft

Out & Back · Harkness Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.34811, -72.46696

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Transit-accessible: Warren Wright Road (Out) stop 280 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  4. 50 ftPass Harkness Conservation Area.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Well Away Farm Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 miReach Harkness Conservation Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miSharp left, heading SE.
  9. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  10. 1.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 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/harkness-conservation-area-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

15% dirt85% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Warren Wright Road (Out) stop 280 m from the trailhead

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