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West Springfield Watershed Land

Hemlock Ridge Trail & Yak Attack

2.5 mi · ▲ 33 ft · 51 min

Hemlock Ridge Trail & Yak Attack is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in West Springfield Watershed Land near Tatham, MA. It is mostly level, with 33 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi190 – 253 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.12304, -72.67816
Nearest town Tatham, MA
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Hemlock Ridge Trail & Yak Attack

2.5 mi · ▲ 33 ft · 51 min

Elevation 192–252 ft

Out & Back · West Springfield Watershed Land

Trailhead: 42.12304, -72.67816

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Bearhole Reservoir Road, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Connection, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bearhole Reservoir Road, heading N.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Yak Attack, heading N.
  7. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Connector, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Hemlock Ridge Trail, heading N.
  9. 250 ftReach Yak Attack, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 250 ftTurn left onto Connector, heading E.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yak Attack, heading E.
  12. 0.6 miBear left onto Bearhole Reservoir Road, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Connection, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Bearhole Reservoir Road, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  17. 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/hemlock-ridge-trail-yak-attack-out-back-4-km-c7a4

Trail surface

66% dirt34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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