Quabbin Reservoir–Camel Hump Road, 4 sights
8.1 mi · ▲ 579 ft · 2 hr 59 min
Quabbin Reservoir–Camel Hump Road, 4 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Quabbin Reservoir Reservation near South Athol, MA. The route reaches Quabbin Reservoir. It climbs 579 ft. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Quabbin Reservoir–Camel Hump Road, 4 sights
8.1 mi · ▲ 579 ft · 2 hr 59 min
Elevation 525–861 ft
Out & Back · Quabbin Reservoir Reservation
Trailhead: West Street · 42.48714, -72.25617
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on West Street, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Gorge Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Soapstone Mtn Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Quabbin Reservoir.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Camel Hump Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Quabbin Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Soapstone Mtn Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Gorge Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto West Street, heading N.
- 0.3 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.9 mi in (~106 min). Leave by 4:45 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.4 mi · out & back · via Spillway Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Cold Spring Road
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via East Street
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Greenwich Plains Road
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Shoreline/Enfield Lookout Trail
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Enfield Road
- 4.1 mi · out & back · via Rabbit Run Rail Bed
- 4.2 mi · out & back · via Soapstone Mtn Trail
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