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Pocumtuck Rock & County Road is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Connecticut River Greenway State Park near Wapping, MA. The route reaches Pocumtuck Rock at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 579 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi262 – 850 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: County Road 42.52408, -72.59787
Nearest town Wapping, MA

Directions

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Pocumtuck Rock & County Road

4.9 mi · ▲ 579 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 263–849 ft

Out & Back · Connecticut River Greenway State Park

Trailhead: County Road · 42.52408, -72.59787

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start on County Road, heading S.
  2. 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
  3. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
  5. 1.3 miReach Pocumtuck Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  7. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

28% dirt72% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 81°F61°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity82%
Rained 1.9″ yesterday (4.4″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:46 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:08 PM
Wed 82°62°
Thu 90°69° 63%
Fri 93°70° 40%
Sat 91°70° 38%
Sun 93°67°
Mon 92°71° 17%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~77 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 8:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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