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MacLeish Field Station

Poplar Hill & West Loop trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 292 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Poplar Hill & West Loop trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in MacLeish Field Station near Roaring Brook Camp, MA. The route reaches Poplar Hill at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 292 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi725 – 965 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.44756, -72.68372
Nearest town Roaring Brook Camp, MA
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Poplar Hill & West Loop trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 292 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 725–963 ft

Out & Back · MacLeish Field Station

Trailhead: 42.44756, -72.68372

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 450 ftBear left onto West Loop trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
  6. 0.7 miReach Poplar Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
  9. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/poplar-hill-out-back-5-km-247f

Trail surface

46% dirt54% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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Hikes near Roaring Brook Camp, Massachusetts