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Manchester Essex Woods

Millstone Hill–Coy Pond, 8 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 547 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Millstone Hill–Coy Pond, 8 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Manchester Essex Woods near Centerville, MA. The route passes Coy Pond and Millstone Hill. It climbs 547 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi43 – 213 ft · steepest grade: 19%7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fowler Circle 42.58928, -70.81892
Nearest town Centerville, MA
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Millstone Hill–Coy Pond, 8 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 547 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Elevation 42–215 ft

Out & Back · Manchester Essex Woods

Trailhead: Fowler Circle · 42.58928, -70.81892

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:01 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Fowler Circle, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Coy Pond.
  3. 150 ftTurn left onto Princemere Drive, heading NE.
  4. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  5. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  11. 300 ftContinue straight onto Shiftlever, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Beach Chair Bluff, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Shiftlever, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  15. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  16. 300 ftTurn right onto Spruce Swamp Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ancient Line Trail, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Cheever Commons Loop, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Ancient Line Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cheever Commons Loop, heading N.
  21. 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
  22. 150 ftTurn left onto Millstone HIll Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miPass Millstone Hill.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 200 ftTurn right onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading SE.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Manchester-Essex Road, heading E.
  27. 0.2 miTurn right onto Old School Street, heading SW.
  28. 0.1 miReach Millstone Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  29. 0.1 miTurn left onto Old Manchester-Essex Road, heading E.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading SE.
  31. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  32. 150 ftTurn left onto Millstone HIll Trail, heading W.
  33. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  34. 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  35. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Cheever Commons Loop, heading NW.
  36. 300 ftTurn left onto Ancient Line Trail, heading N.
  37. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cheever Commons Loop, heading SW.
  38. 50 ftBear left onto Ancient Line Trail, heading SE.
  39. 50 ftTurn left onto Spruce Swamp Trail, heading SE.
  40. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  41. 300 ftBear left, heading W.
  42. 350 ftBear right onto Shiftlever, heading SW.
  43. 0.4 miTurn right onto Beach Chair Bluff, heading S.
  44. 50 ftContinue straight onto Shiftlever, heading S.
  45. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  46. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  47. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  48. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  49. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  50. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  51. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  52. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  53. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fowler Circle, heading W.
  54. 50 ftArrive 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/millstone-hill-coy-pond-out-back-8-sights-11-km

Trail surface

61% dirt16% gravel23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 8:01 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 8:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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