White Rock–Chestnut Mountain Road, 4 sights
7.1 mi · ▲ 1,137 ft · 2 hr 56 min
White Rock–Chestnut Mountain Road, 4 sights is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Mountain Road Reservoir near Whately, MA. The route reaches White Rock. It climbs 1,137 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi197 – 751 ft · steepest grade: 22%7.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.42185, -72.65675
Nearest town Whately, MA
Directions
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White Rock–Chestnut Mountain Road, 4 sights
7.1 mi · ▲ 1,137 ft · 2 hr 56 min
Elevation 198–751 ft
Out & Back · Mountain Road Reservoir
Trailhead: 42.42185, -72.65675
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
- Start on Chestnut Mountain Road, heading S.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Rocks Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto White Rock North Route, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach White Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Rocks Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Reservoir Road, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Chestnut Mountain Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
67% dirt33% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Reservoir Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 665 ft
- The Rocks via Reservoir Road 5.7 mi · ▲ 782 ft
- Horse Mountain–Chestnut Mountain Road, 3 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,139 ft
- Chestnut Mountain Road & Rocks Road 7 mi · ▲ 915 ft
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