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Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest

Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land

5.7 mi · ▲ 969 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land is a 5.7-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 969 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi472 – 892 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.42265, -72.46688
Nearest town Pratt Corner, MA
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Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land

5.7 mi · ▲ 969 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Elevation 472–892 ft

Out & Back · Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest

Trailhead: 42.42265, -72.46688

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miPass Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  9. 250 ftReach Sumner Mountain Road Water Supply Land, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  12. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 1.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  15. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
  16. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sumner-mountain-road-water-supply-land-out-back-9-km-36cb

Trail surface

36% gravel10% dirt54% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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