Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area

Old Telephone Line & Wild Side

3.3 mi · ▲ 259 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Old Telephone Line & Wild Side is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area near West Farms, MA. It climbs 259 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi279 – 538 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31469, -72.69907
Nearest town West Farms, MA

Directions

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Old Telephone Line & Wild Side

3.3 mi · ▲ 259 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Elevation 280–539 ft

Out & Back · Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.31469, -72.69907

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.7 miBear right onto Old Carriage Trail, heading N.
  4. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Telephone Line, heading N.
  9. 300 ftBear left onto Wild Side, heading N.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Old Telephone Line, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miReach Wild Side, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miBear left onto Wild Side, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Old Telephone Line, heading W.
  14. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  16. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Old Carriage Trail, heading S.
  19. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  20. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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