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Middlesex Fells Reservation

Whitmore Brook Road

2 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 49 min

Whitmore Brook Road is a 2-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near West Medford, MA. It climbs 288 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi62 – 217 ft · steepest grade: 19%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Whitmore Brook Road 42.43211, -71.13105
Nearest town West Medford, MA
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Whitmore Brook Road

2 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 49 min

Elevation 63–215 ft

Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation

Trailhead: Whitmore Brook Road · 42.43211, -71.13105

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

Transit-accessible: Playstead Rd @ Winthrop St - W Medford Sq stop 33 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Whitmore Brook Road, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  5. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  12. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  13. 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
  17. 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 0.4 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/whitmore-brook-road-out-back-3-km-a946

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Playstead Rd @ Winthrop St - W Medford Sq stop 33 m from the trailhead

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