1. Start on Shutesbury Road, heading E.
2. 0.1 miTurn right onto J Vaughn Road, heading S.
3. 1.9 miBear right onto Smith Vaughn Road, heading S.
4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Blake Road, heading SW.
5. 0.7 miSharp left onto Patterson Road, heading W.
6. 0.3 miTurn left onto North Prescott Road, heading S.
7. 1.1 miBear right onto Barnes Road, heading S.
8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Prescott Shutesbury Road, heading W.
9. 350 ftTurn left onto Rattlesnake Den Road, heading NW.
10. 1.2 miReach Quabbin Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
11. 1.2 miTurn right onto Prescott Shutesbury Road, heading E.
12. 350 ftTurn left onto Barnes Road, heading SE.
13. 0.6 miBear left onto North Prescott Road, heading N.
14. 1.1 miTurn right onto Patterson Road, heading N.
15. 0.3 miSharp right onto Blake Road, heading E.
16. 0.7 miTurn left onto Smith Vaughn Road, heading NE.
17. 0.4 miBear left onto J Vaughn Road, heading NE.
18. 1.9 miTurn left onto Shutesbury Road, heading N.
19. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/quabbin-reservoir-out-back-21-km-9804