Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest
Smith Conservation Restriction & Roaring Brook Conservation Area via M&M Trail (Old Route)
4.8 mi · ▲ 878 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Smith Conservation Restriction & Roaring Brook Conservation Area via M&M Trail (Old Route) is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest near Pratt Corner, MA. The route passes Roaring Brook Conservation Area and Smith Conservation Restriction. It climbs 878 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Smith Conservation Restriction & Roaring Brook Conservation Area via M&M Trail (Old Route)
4.8 mi · ▲ 878 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 449–846 ft
Out & Back · Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest
Trailhead: M&M Trail (Old Route) · 42.41898, -72.47684
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on M&M Trail (Old Route), heading NE.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miPass Roaring Brook Conservation Area.
- 50 ftPass Smith Conservation Restriction.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Smith Conservation Restriction, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 1.5 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from M&M Trail (Old Route) Trailhead
- Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land & Atkins Reservoir 1.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Poverty Mountain–Robert Frost Sunset Point Loop, 5 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 750 ft
- Smith Conservation Restriction–Roaring Brook Conservation Area, 3 groves 10.6 mi · ▲ 1,577 ft
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