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Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area

Little Chauncy Lake–Cole Trail, 5 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 394 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Little Chauncy Lake–Cole Trail, 5 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area near Wessonville, MA. The route reaches Little Chauncy Lake. It climbs 394 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi272 – 436 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.30508, -71.61457
Nearest town Wessonville, MA
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Little Chauncy Lake–Cole Trail, 5 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 394 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 272–435 ft

Out & Back · Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.30508, -71.61457

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Little Chauncy Lake.
  3. 0.2 miSharp left onto Little Chauncy Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Talbot Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.8 miTurn left onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading NE.
  8. 1.1 miSharp right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Talbot Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cole Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right onto Talbot Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Little Chauncy Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 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/little-chauncy-lake-cole-trail-out-back-5-sights-via-crane-swamp-trail

Trail surface

49% dirt51% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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