Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest

Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land & Broad Hill Road (unimproved track)

4 mi · ▲ 517 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land & Broad Hill Road (unimproved track) is a 4-mile out-and-back in Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest near Pratt Corner, MA. The route reaches Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land. It climbs 517 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi518 – 919 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.42799, -72.47987
Nearest town Pratt Corner, MA

Directions

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Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land & Broad Hill Road (unimproved track)

4 mi · ▲ 517 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 519–917 ft

Out & Back · Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest

Trailhead: 42.42799, -72.47987

Weather Sep 20: Heavy drizzle, high 59°F / low 52° · precip 73% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  4. 0.7 miContinue straight onto M&M Trail (Old Route), heading N.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto Broad Hill Road (unimproved track), heading E.
  8. 450 ftReach Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 0.7 miTurn left onto M&M Trail (Old Route), heading W.
  12. 1 miBear right, heading NW.
  13. 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 surface

16% gravel4% dirt80% unspecified

Weather

Heavy drizzleTemperature 59°F52°
Precip73%Wind3 mphUV0Humidity96%
Rained 0.1″ 3 days ago (0.6″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50° 2 AM: 6% rain3 AM: 1% rain4 AM: 2% rain5 AM: 6% rain6 AM: 4% rain7 AM: 14% rain8 AM: 21% rain9 AM: 24% rain10 AM: 43% rain11 AM: 73% rain12 PM: 63% rain1 PM: 56% rain2 PM: 61% rain3 PM: 42% rain4 PM: 54% rain5 PM: 61% rain6 PM: 49% rain7 PM: 53% rain8 PM: 44% rain9 PM: 39% rain10 PM: 40% rain11 PM: 25% rain
Sunrise 6:36 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:53 PM
Mon 64°52° 18%
Tue 59°42°
Wed 62°41°
Thu 64°37° 16%
Fri 65°42° 30%
Sat 60°49° 30%

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