Rocky Hill & Silver Lake via Hemlock Road
1 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 24 min
Rocky Hill & Silver Lake via Hemlock Road is a 1-mile out-and-back in Breakheart Reservation near Oakland Vale, MA. The route passes Silver Lake before reaching Rocky Hill at the turnaround, 0.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rocky Hill & Silver Lake via Hemlock Road
1 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 24 min
Elevation 74–211 ft
Out & Back · Breakheart Reservation
Trailhead: Pine Tops Road · 42.48395, -71.02773
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Silver Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Hemlock Road, heading W.
- 450 ftReach Rocky Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Pine Tops Road Trailhead
- Ash Hill–Silver Lake, 5 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 253 ft
- Eagle Rock–Pearce Lake, 6 lakes 2.4 mi · ▲ 377 ft
- Breakheart Hill–Ash Hill, 6 summits 2.7 mi · ▲ 378 ft
- Castle Rock–Pearce Lake, 5 lakes 2 mi · ▲ 362 ft
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