Snake & The Head via Root Canal
3 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Snake & The Head via Root Canal is a 3-mile out-and-back in Willowdale State Forest near Linebrook, MA. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi39 – 105 ft3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.66556, -70.91991
Nearest town Linebrook, MA
Directions
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Snake & The Head via Root Canal
3 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 40–105 ft
Out & Back · Willowdale State Forest
Trailhead: 42.66556, -70.91991
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Chair, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Past, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Carpet Ride, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Indian Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Willowdale Road West, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto The Head, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Snake, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Root Canal, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto The Head, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Willowdale Road West, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Nuke Dump, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Chair, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
36% dirt64% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 8:02 PM
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