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Highland Pond & Pocumtuck Ridge Trail via Bears Den Road is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain Park near East Greenfield, MA. The route reaches Highland Pond. It climbs 496 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi161 – 443 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.57501, -72.58277
Nearest town East Greenfield, MA

Directions

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Highland Pond & Pocumtuck Ridge Trail via Bears Den Road

4.1 mi · ▲ 496 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 162–444 ft

Out & Back · Rocky Mountain Park

Trailhead: 42.57501, -72.58277

Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 57°F / low 50° · precip 73% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 400 ftSharp right onto Bears Den Road, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftPass Highland Pond.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pocumtuck Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  11. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miReach Highland Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 1.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miBear right onto Bears Den Road, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  18. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Weather

Light rainTemperature 57°F50°
Precip73%Wind3 mphUV0Humidity94%
Rained 0.2″ 3 days ago (1″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
60°45° 2 AM: 2% rain4 AM: 5% rain5 AM: 7% rain6 AM: 3% rain7 AM: 12% rain8 AM: 19% rain9 AM: 26% rain10 AM: 50% rain11 AM: 73% rain12 PM: 55% rain1 PM: 56% rain2 PM: 54% rain3 PM: 39% rain4 PM: 53% rain5 PM: 64% rain6 PM: 54% rain7 PM: 46% rain8 PM: 44% rain9 PM: 31% rain10 PM: 28% rain11 PM: 17% rain
Sunrise 6:36 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:53 PM
Mon 65°51°
Tue 64°43°
Wed 65°41°
Thu 67°39° 16%
Fri 69°45° 30%
Sat 63°52° 30%

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