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Lookout–Springfield Water Works Intake Reservoir, 7 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 798 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Lookout–Springfield Water Works Intake Reservoir, 7 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Nobleview near South Quarter, MA. The route passes Lookout and Springfield Water Works Intake Reservoir. It climbs 798 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi541 – 1,079 ft · steepest grade: 24%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Border Trail 42.13887, -72.86725
Nearest town South Quarter, MA
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Lookout–Springfield Water Works Intake Reservoir, 7 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 798 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Elevation 540–1,081 ft

Out & Back · Nobleview

Trailhead: Border Trail · 42.13887, -72.86725

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 350 ftBear right onto Border Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pitcher Brook Trail, heading S.
  4. 100 ftTurn left onto Border Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miBear right onto Laurel Lane, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miSharp left onto Charcoal Kiln Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lookout Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miPass Springfield Water Works Intake Reservoir.
  9. 50 ftReach Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Charcoal Kiln Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.8 miSharp left onto Country Road Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.6 miBear left onto Laurel Lane, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pitcher Brook Trail, heading SW.
  14. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Border Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  16. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/springfield-water-works-intake-reservoir-springfield-water-works-intake-reservoir-out-back-8-km

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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