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White Rock & White Rock North Route via Rocks Road

6.5 mi · ▲ 682 ft · 2 hr 30 min

White Rock & White Rock North Route via Rocks Road is a 6.5-mile out-and-back near West Hatfield, MA. The route reaches White Rock at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 682 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi151 – 646 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.37547, -72.63475
Nearest town West Hatfield, MA
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White Rock & White Rock North Route via Rocks Road

6.5 mi · ▲ 682 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Elevation 150–646 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 42.37547, -72.63475

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto Rocks Road, heading NE.
  6. 1.4 miSharp left onto White Rock North Route, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftReach White Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 0.7 miSharp right onto Rocks Road, heading SE.
  12. 1.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 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/horse-mountain-out-back-12-km-8d18

Trail surface

71% dirt29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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