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Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary

Snake Hill–Rock Meadow Pond, 6 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 3 hr 14 min

Snake Hill–Rock Meadow Pond, 6 sights is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary near Willows, MA. The route passes Snake Hill, Rock Meadow Pond and Upper Flannagan Pond before reaching Upper Flannagan Pond at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 720 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 446 ft9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Copperhead 42.57494, -71.51795
Nearest town Willows, MA
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Snake Hill–Rock Meadow Pond, 6 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 3 hr 14 min

Elevation 228–446 ft

Out & Back · Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary

Trailhead: Copperhead · 42.57494, -71.51795

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Copperhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fireroad, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Anaconda, heading NW.
  4. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left onto Fire Road, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Heronry Trail, heading W.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Ovenbird Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Chestnut Oak Loop Trail, heading SW.
  11. 450 ftPass Snake Hill.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.8 miPass Rock Meadow Pond.
  15. 100 ftSharp left, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miPass Upper Flannagan Pond.
  17. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miPass Upper Flannagan Pond.
  19. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 0.2 miReach Snake Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cross-Country Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  23. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  24. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  26. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Chestnut Oak Loop Trail, heading NE.
  27. 450 ftTurn right onto Ovenbird Trail, heading E.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left onto Heronry Trail, heading NE.
  29. 150 ftContinue straight onto Fire Road, heading N.
  30. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  31. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  32. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  33. 100 ftTurn right onto Anaconda, heading S.
  34. 350 ftTurn left onto Fireroad, heading SE.
  35. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Copperhead, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/snake-hill-upper-flannagan-pond-out-back-5-lakes-13-km-7b92

Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 83°F61°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity79%
Rained 0.7″ yesterday (1.4″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:42 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:04 PM
Wed 84°62°
Thu 87°70° 29%
Fri 95°71° 32%
Sat 94°68° 32%
Sun 94°68°
Mon 92°72°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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