West Springfield Watershed Land
Waterfall–Bear Hole Resevoir, 7 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Waterfall–Bear Hole Resevoir, 7 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in West Springfield Watershed Land near Ashleyville, MA. The route passes Bear Hole Resevoir before reaching Waterfall at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 320 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Waterfall–Bear Hole Resevoir, 7 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 198–359 ft
Out & Back · West Springfield Watershed Land
Trailhead: 42.15230, -72.65411
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Possum Path, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Seecee Beecee, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Tin Can, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Grizzly Adams, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Lower Grizzly Adams, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Hemlock Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Bearhole Reservoir Road, heading S.
- 400 ftPass Bear Hole Resevoir.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Waterfall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Hemlock Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Connector, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Grizzly Adams, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Grizzly Adams, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Chumbawumba Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Tin Can, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Seecee Beecee, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Possum Path, heading N.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Possum Path 2 mi · ▲ 122 ft
- Bear Hole Resevoir–Chumbawumba Trail, 7 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 376 ft
- Lost Pond–Caldron Trail, 7 sights 10 mi · ▲ 1,191 ft
- Snake Peak–Overlook, 7 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,472 ft
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