Hunt Road
3 mi · ▲ 238 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Hunt Road is a 3-mile out-and-back in Hawley Bog Preserve near Hawley, MA. It is mostly level, with 238 ft of elevation gain. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Hunt Road
3 mi · ▲ 238 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 1,678–1,855 ft
Out & Back · Hawley Bog Preserve
Trailhead: Hawley Bog Trail · 42.57951, -72.88973
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Bog Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hunt Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bog Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:14 PM — 8 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Hawley Bog Trail Trailhead
- Vietnam via Hunt Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 440 ft
- Hunt Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 262 ft
- Goatherd Rock–Bog Trail, 7 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 319 ft
- Goatherd Rock–Bog Trail, 6 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 348 ft
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