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Quabbin Park

Quabbin Reservoir Watershed & Blue Meadow Road Alternate via Visitor's Center Loop Trail

2 mi · ▲ 147 ft · 44 min

Quabbin Reservoir Watershed & Blue Meadow Road Alternate via Visitor's Center Loop Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Quabbin Park near West Ware, MA. The route reaches Quabbin Reservoir Watershed. It is mostly level, with 147 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi377 – 545 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Swift River Extention 42.27342, -72.33810
Nearest town West Ware, MA
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Quabbin Reservoir Watershed & Blue Meadow Road Alternate via Visitor's Center Loop Trail

2 mi · ▲ 147 ft · 44 min

Elevation 377–544 ft

Out & Back · Quabbin Park

Trailhead: Swift River Extention · 42.27342, -72.33810

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

  1. Start on Swift River Extention, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left onto Visitor's Center Loop Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miPass Quabbin Reservoir Watershed.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Meadow Road Alternate, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miReach Quabbin Reservoir Watershed, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Visitor's Center Loop Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miSharp right onto Swift River Extention, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 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/quabbin-reservoir-watershed-blue-meadow-road-alternate-out-back-3-km-c7ab

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM

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