AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Quabbin Reservoir Reservation

Mt. Mineral Road via New Boston Road

2.9 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Mt. Mineral Road via New Boston Road is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Quabbin Reservoir Reservation near South Wendell, MA. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi781 – 876 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rockwell Hill Road 42.51257, -72.39427
Nearest town South Wendell, MA
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Mt. Mineral Road via New Boston Road

2.9 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Elevation 782–874 ft

Out & Back · Quabbin Reservoir Reservation

Trailhead: Rockwell Hill Road · 42.51257, -72.39427

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 100 ftTurn right onto New Boston Road, heading S.
  3. 1.2 miSharp right onto Mt. Mineral Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miReach Mt. Mineral Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.3 miSharp left onto New Boston Road, heading NE.
  6. 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 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/new-boston-road-out-back-1699

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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