Wood Hill/Bald Hill Reservation

Old Wood Hill Road–Wedgewood Trail, 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 43 min

Old Wood Hill Road–Wedgewood Trail, 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Wood Hill/Bald Hill Reservation near Haggetts, MA. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi131 – 243 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.65920, -71.21753
Nearest town Haggetts, MA

Directions

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Old Wood Hill Road–Wedgewood Trail, 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 43 min

Elevation 132–243 ft

Out & Back · Wood Hill/Bald Hill Reservation

Trailhead: 42.65920, -71.21753

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 150 ftSharp right onto Wedgewood Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Wood Hill Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right onto Old Wood Hill Road, heading S.
  7. 0.5 miBear right onto Wood Hill Trail, heading S.
  8. 100 ftBear left onto Old Wood Hill Road, heading S.
  9. 250 ftReach Wedgewood Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 200 ftBear right onto Wood Hill Trail, heading S.
  11. 100 ftBear left onto Old Wood Hill Road, heading S.
  12. 0.5 miSharp left onto Wood Hill Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 250 ftTurn right onto Wedgewood Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  17. 150 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

4% dirt96% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:37 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM — 11 min before dark.

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