Pool Hill–Work, 23 rocks
5.7 mi · ▲ 297 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Pool Hill–Work, 23 rocks is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Babson Watershed near Rockport, MA. The route passes Pool Hill, Spirtual Power (Uncle Andrew's Rock), Initiative and 15 more before reaching Help Mother at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 297 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pool Hill–Work, 23 rocks
5.7 mi · ▲ 297 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 53–183 ft
Out & Back · Babson Watershed
Trailhead: 42.65697, -70.62761
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:38 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
Transit-accessible: Rockport stop 140 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Town Forest Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Pool Hill.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Art's Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Moraine Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Babson Boulder Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Spirtual Power (Uncle Andrew's Rock).
- 50 ftPass Initiative.
- 50 ftPass Intelligence.
- 50 ftPass Industry.
- 50 ftPass ideas.
- 50 ftPass ideals.
- 50 ftPass Integrity.
- 50 ftPass Use Your Head.
- 0.1 miPass Kindness.
- 0.2 miPass To Rockport.
- 50 ftPass Courage.
- 50 ftPass Babson Reservoir.
- 0.1 miPass Truth.
- 50 ftPass Work.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Save.
- 50 ftPass Be Clean.
- 50 ftPass Get A Job.
- 50 ftPass Help Mother.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Old Rockport Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach Pool Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Babson Boulder Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Moraine Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Art's Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Town Forest Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Rockport stop 140 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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