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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Dickinson Hill Road, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Roaring Brook Reservoir.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Whately Glen Road, heading N.
- 0.8 miReach Roaring Brook Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftPass Roaring Brook Reservoir.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Dickinson Hill Road, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 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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