Hellgate Trail & Pipeline Trail via NET/M&M Trail (white)
3 mi · ▲ 590 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Hellgate Trail & Pipeline Trail via NET/M&M Trail (white) is a 3-mile out-and-back in Ashley Watershed near Rock Valley, MA. It climbs 590 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hellgate Trail & Pipeline Trail via NET/M&M Trail (white)
3 mi · ▲ 590 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 355–762 ft
Out & Back · Ashley Watershed
Trailhead: 42.19486, -72.65393
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Transit-accessible: FROST CIRCLE / COLLEGE stop 100 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Trolley Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hellgate Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Trolley Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pipeline Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Trolley Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: FROST CIRCLE / COLLEGE stop 100 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46–Unnamed Bridge 2:43, 4 sights 1.7 mi · ▲ 120 ft
- Pipeline Trail & Trolley Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 471 ft
- Rd–Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46, 5 sights 3 mi · ▲ 305 ft
- Ashley Pond–Wright Pond, 6 lakes 3.5 mi · ▲ 118 ft
- McLean Reservoir & Pipeline Trail via NET/M&M Trail (white) 4.7 mi · ▲ 703 ft
- Trolley Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 690 ft
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