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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.

Elevation

0 mi322 – 981 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.36466, -72.44345
Nearest town Meads Corner, MA
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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: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 1.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  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 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 1.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  12. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/harkness-conservation-area-well-away-farm-trail-out-back-10-km-56ae

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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