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Amherst Water Supply Land

Poverty Ridge Run & Upper Donkey Punch via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)

7.4 mi · ▲ 1,198 ft · 3 hr 4 min

Poverty Ridge Run & Upper Donkey Punch via Robert Frost Trail (Orange) is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Amherst Water Supply Land near Baconville, MA. It climbs 1,198 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi276 – 1,089 ft · steepest grade: 22%7.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.40413, -72.45029
Nearest town Baconville, MA
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Poverty Ridge Run & Upper Donkey Punch via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)

7.4 mi · ▲ 1,198 ft · 3 hr 4 min

Elevation 277–1,091 ft

Out & Back · Amherst Water Supply Land

Trailhead: 42.40413, -72.45029

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 250 ftTurn left onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading S.
  8. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miSharp left onto Middle Access Road, heading NW.
  10. 0.7 miBear right onto Upper Donkey Punch, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  17. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  18. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  19. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Poverty Ridge Run, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miBear right onto Robert Frost Trail, heading NE.
  21. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  23. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  26. 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
  27. 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
  28. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  29. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  31. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/poverty-ridge-run-upper-donkey-punch-out-back-12-km

Trail surface

29% dirt71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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