Pasture Hill & Rock Hill Loop via Ram's Head Road
1.9 mi · ▲ 174 ft · 43 min
Pasture Hill & Rock Hill Loop via Ram's Head Road is a 1.9-mile loop in Middlesex Fells Reservation near West Medford, MA. The route passes Rock Hill and Pasture Hill. It is mostly level, with 174 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pasture Hill & Rock Hill Loop via Ram's Head Road
1.9 mi · ▲ 174 ft · 43 min
Elevation 97–215 ft
Loop · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: 42.43142, -71.12453
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Winthrop St @ Medford HS stop 415 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Rock Hill.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Ram's Head Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftPass Pasture Hill.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Middle Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Transit-accessible: Winthrop St @ Medford HS stop 415 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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