Butternut Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
Whsipering Winds Loop
5.2 mi · ▲ 596 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Whsipering Winds Loop is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Butternut Hill Wildlife Sanctuary near West Pelham, MA. It climbs 596 ft. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi358 – 860 ft5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.35294, -72.46958
Nearest town West Pelham, MA
Directions
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Whsipering Winds Loop
5.2 mi · ▲ 596 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 358–859 ft
Out & Back · Butternut Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
Trailhead: 42.35294, -72.46958
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Transit-accessible: Mayflower Apts. (In) stop 252 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Ice Pond Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Whsipering Winds Loop, heading N.
- 1 miReach Whsipering Winds Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Ice Pond Loop, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 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 surface
7% dirt93% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Mayflower Apts. (In) stop 252 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Harkness Conservation Area via Well Away Farm Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 230 ft
- Ice Pond Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 418 ft
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