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Whately Center Woods

Roaring Brook Reservoir & Big Loop Trail via Dickinson Hill Road

12.6 mi · ▲ 1,491 ft · 4 hr 57 min

Roaring Brook Reservoir & Big Loop Trail via Dickinson Hill Road is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Whately Center Woods near Whately, MA. The route passes Roaring Brook Reservoir before reaching Roaring Brook Reservoir at the turnaround, 6.2 miles in. It climbs 1,491 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 771 ft · steepest grade: 17%12.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Big Loop Trail 42.43258, -72.63312
Nearest town Whately, MA
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Roaring Brook Reservoir & Big Loop Trail via Dickinson Hill Road

12.6 mi · ▲ 1,491 ft · 4 hr 57 min

Elevation 167–772 ft

Out & Back · Whately Center Woods

Trailhead: Big Loop Trail · 42.43258, -72.63312

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Big Loop Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 1.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto Dickinson Hill Road, heading N.
  11. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miPass Roaring Brook Reservoir.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.5 miSharp right onto Whately Glen Road, heading S.
  18. 250 ftReach Roaring Brook Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
  20. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  23. 0.6 miSharp right, heading SE.
  24. 0.5 miBear left onto Dickinson Hill Road, heading S.
  25. 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
  26. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  30. 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  32. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  33. 0.4 miTurn left onto Big Loop Trail, heading SW.
  34. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/roaring-brook-reservoir-roaring-brook-reservoir-out-back-4-lakes-20-km

Trail surface

14% dirt86% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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