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Rocky Mountain Park

Highland Pond & Pocumtuck Ridge Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 541 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Highland Pond & Pocumtuck Ridge Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain Park near Turners Falls, MA. The route reaches Highland Pond. It climbs 541 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi128 – 449 ft · steepest grade: 27%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Eliza Lane 42.60548, -72.57403
Nearest town Turners Falls, MA
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Highland Pond & Pocumtuck Ridge Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 541 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 128–451 ft

Out & Back · Rocky Mountain Park

Trailhead: Eliza Lane · 42.60548, -72.57403

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Transit-accessible: French King Highway - Stop & Shop stop 195 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Eliza Lane, heading E.
  2. 250 ftBear right onto Pocumtuck Ridge Trail, heading S.
  3. 1.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miPass Highland Pond.
  6. 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 1 miBear left onto Eliza Lane, heading N.
  10. 50 ftArrive 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/power-canal-reservoir-highland-pond-out-back-3-lakes-7-km

Weather

Sunrise 5:46 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: French King Highway - Stop & Shop stop 195 m from the trailhead

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