Mt. Esther Wildlife Management Area

Roaring Brook Reservoir & Whately Glen Road

11.8 mi · ▲ 1,511 ft · 4 hr 41 min

Roaring Brook Reservoir & Whately Glen Road is an 11.8-mile out-and-back in Mt. Esther Wildlife Management Area near Whately, MA. The route passes Roaring Brook Reservoir and Roaring Brook Reservoir. It climbs 1,511 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi312 – 886 ft · steepest grade: 20%12.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.44762, -72.64181
Nearest town Whately, MA

Directions

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Roaring Brook Reservoir & Whately Glen Road

11.8 mi · ▲ 1,511 ft · 4 hr 41 min

Elevation 312–887 ft

Out & Back · Mt. Esther Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.44762, -72.64181

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right onto Dickinson Hill Road, heading N.
  4. 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftPass Roaring Brook Reservoir.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  9. 0.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miBear left onto Whately Glen Road, heading N.
  11. 0.8 miReach Roaring Brook Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  13. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 2.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 350 ftPass Roaring Brook Reservoir.
  16. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  21. 1.1 miBear right, heading S.
  22. 0.7 miTurn left onto Dickinson Hill Road, heading SW.
  23. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  25. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

22% dirt78% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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