AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Middlesex Fells Reservation

Wenepoykin Hill & Silver Mine Hill via East Dam Road

2.5 mi · ▲ 451 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Wenepoykin Hill & Silver Mine Hill via East Dam Road is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Symmes Corner, MA. The route passes Wenepoykin Hill before reaching Silver Mine Hill at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It climbs 451 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi98 – 243 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.43884, -71.12757
Nearest town Symmes Corner, MA
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Wenepoykin Hill & Silver Mine Hill via East Dam Road

2.5 mi · ▲ 451 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Elevation 97–244 ft

Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation

Trailhead: 42.43884, -71.12757

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

Transit-accessible: Main Street @ Town Way stop 451 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  3. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  9. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto East Dam Road, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 350 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading NE.
  16. 150 ftBear right onto Silver Mine Path, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 150 ftPass Silver Mine Hill.
  20. 50 ftReach Wenepoykin Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 250 ftTurn right onto Silver Mine Path, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 250 ftTurn left onto East Dam Road, heading NE.
  25. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  28. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  29. 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  31. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  32. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  33. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  34. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  35. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/wenepoykin-hill-silver-mine-hill-out-back-2-km-4b1d

Trail surface

58% dirt42% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Main Street @ Town Way stop 451 m from the trailhead

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