Rock Hill & South Reservoir via Ram's Head Road
3.5 mi · ▲ 142 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Rock Hill & South Reservoir via Ram's Head Road is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Haywardville, MA. The route passes South Reservoir before reaching Rock Hill at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 142 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rock Hill & South Reservoir via Ram's Head Road
3.5 mi · ▲ 142 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Elevation 108–204 ft
Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: 42.45156, -71.10522
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 76°F / low 69° · precip 79% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Brooks Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Reservoir Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Brooks Road, heading W.
- 50 ftPass South Reservoir.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Middle Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Ram's Head Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftReach Rock Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 500 ftBear right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Middle Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Brooks Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Reservoir Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Brooks Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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