Benjamin Hill Wildlife Conservation Easement

Hunts Pond & Ware River Rail Trail

11.5 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Hunts Pond & Ware River Rail Trail is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Benjamin Hill Wildlife Conservation Easement near Winchendon, MA. The route reaches Hunts Pond. It is mostly level, with 138 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi912 – 974 ft11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ware River Rail Trail 42.67929, -72.04530
Nearest town Winchendon, MA

Directions

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Hunts Pond & Ware River Rail Trail

11.5 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Elevation 914–975 ft

Out & Back · Benjamin Hill Wildlife Conservation Easement

Trailhead: Ware River Rail Trail · 42.67929, -72.04530

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Transit-accessible: Dollar Tree Plaza stop 306 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ware River Rail Trail, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Hunts Pond.
  3. 5.7 miReach Hunts Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 5.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Dollar Tree Plaza stop 306 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead