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 Sep 20: Drizzle, high 57°F / low 51° · precip 78% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 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

DrizzleTemperature 57°F51°
Precip78%Wind7 mphUV0Humidity94%
Rained 0.1″ 3 days ago (0.9″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
60°45° 2 AM: 7% rain4 AM: 5% rain5 AM: 3% rain6 AM: 8% rain7 AM: 16% rain8 AM: 24% rain9 AM: 29% rain10 AM: 55% rain11 AM: 78% rain12 PM: 52% rain1 PM: 57% rain2 PM: 61% rain3 PM: 44% rain4 PM: 55% rain5 PM: 71% rain6 PM: 55% rain7 PM: 48% rain8 PM: 38% rain9 PM: 37% rain10 PM: 28% rain11 PM: 18% rain
Sunrise 6:36 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:53 PM
Mon 64°52°
Tue 60°43°
Wed 64°41°
Thu 66°39° 16%
Fri 68°46° 30%
Sat 62°51° 30%

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