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Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area

Wills Hill via Bartlett Road

5.5 mi · ▲ 217 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Wills Hill via Bartlett Road is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area near Lake Pleasant, MA. The route reaches Wills Hill at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 217 ft of elevation gain. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi315 – 548 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.55726, -72.52224
Nearest town Lake Pleasant, MA
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Wills Hill via Bartlett Road

5.5 mi · ▲ 217 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 316–548 ft

Out & Back · Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.55726, -72.52224

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right onto Plains Road, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  13. 50 ftPass Wills Hill.
  14. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 0.8 miSharp left onto Bartlett Road, heading S.
  16. 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
  17. 350 ftSharp left, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
  21. 0.3 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/wills-hill-out-back-8-km-3252

Trail surface

22% dirt78% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~71 min). Leave by 5:21 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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