Mine Brook Wildlife Management Area
200 Sportsmen Club & Whitin Reservoir via Midstate Trail
7.5 mi · ▲ 282 ft · 2 hr 38 min
200 Sportsmen Club & Whitin Reservoir via Midstate Trail is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Mine Brook Wildlife Management Area near West Sutton, MA. The route passes Whitin Reservoir and 200 Sportsmen Club before reaching 200 Sportsmen Club at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 282 ft. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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200 Sportsmen Club & Whitin Reservoir via Midstate Trail
7.5 mi · ▲ 282 ft · 2 hr 38 min
Elevation 598–837 ft
Out & Back · Mine Brook Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 42.07889, -71.78665
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Whitin Reservoir.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Midstate Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass 200 Sportsmen Club.
- 0.5 miReach 200 Sportsmen Club, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 1.7 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~61 min). Leave by 5:29 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Whitin Reservoir & Chamberlain Pond via Midstate Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 448 ft
- Benson Mountain–Whitin Reservoir, 7 sights 15.3 mi · ▲ 831 ft
- Wallum Lake–Whitin Reservoir, 7 sights 15.9 mi · ▲ 762 ft
- Wallum Pond Hill–Whitin Reservoir, 3 summits 10 mi · ▲ 506 ft
- 200 Sportsmen Club & Whitin Reservoir via Midstate Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- 200 Sportsmen Club–Bare Hill, 3 groves 8.3 mi · ▲ 415 ft
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