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.
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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 Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Transit-accessible: Main Street @ Town Way stop 451 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto East Dam Road, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Silver Mine Path, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftPass Silver Mine Hill.
- 50 ftReach Wenepoykin Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Silver Mine Path, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto East Dam Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 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.
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- Transit-accessible: Main Street @ Town Way stop 451 m from the trailhead
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