Mount Lincoln–Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land, 7 sights
15.7 mi · ▲ 2,307 ft · 6 hr 23 min
Mount Lincoln–Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land, 7 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Amherst Water Supply Land near Pratt Corner, MA. The route passes Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land, Falls, Hill Reservoir and 2 more. It climbs 2,307 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Mount Lincoln–Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land, 7 sights
15.7 mi · ▲ 2,307 ft · 6 hr 23 min
Elevation 403–1,229 ft
Out & Back · Amherst Water Supply Land
Trailhead: 42.42731, -72.47737
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 62°F / low 51° · precip 7% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Falls.
- 0.9 miPass Hill Reservoir.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miPass Hawley Reservoir.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
- 0.8 miPass Mount Lincoln.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.8 miReach Mount Lincoln, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Arnold Cemetery Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.3 mi in (~180 min). Leave by 3:30 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Dogs allowed on leash
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