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East Mountain Wildlife Management Area

Hellgate Trail & West Cherry Street via NET/M&M Trail (white)

5.1 mi · ▲ 659 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Hellgate Trail & West Cherry Street via NET/M&M Trail (white) is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in East Mountain Wildlife Management Area near Highlands, MA. It climbs 659 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi407 – 768 ft · steepest grade: 24%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.21467, -72.64681
Nearest town Highlands, MA
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Hellgate Trail & West Cherry Street via NET/M&M Trail (white)

5.1 mi · ▲ 659 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 408–768 ft

Out & Back · East Mountain Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.21467, -72.64681

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right onto West Cherry Street, heading S.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miReach West Cherry Street, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Trolley Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miSharp right onto Hellgate Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Trolley Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
  12. 2.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 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/hellgate-trail-west-cherry-street-out-back-8-km-ef18

Trail surface

92% dirt4% gravel4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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