Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area

Green Pond & Beach Road via Bartlett Road

5.5 mi · ▲ 346 ft · 2 hr

Green Pond & Beach Road via Bartlett Road is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area near Turners Falls, MA. The route reaches Green Pond. It climbs 346 ft. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi302 – 541 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.58215, -72.53911
Nearest town Turners Falls, MA

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Green Pond & Beach Road via Bartlett Road

5.5 mi · ▲ 346 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 302–540 ft

Out & Back · Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.58215, -72.53911

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Transit-accessible: Millers Falls Road stop 747 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 1.1 miTurn left onto Beach Road, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftPass Green Pond.
  7. 0.3 miReach Green Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 1.3 miBear left onto Plains Road, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 0.1 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

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:46 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 7:37 PM for the 8:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM — 9 min before dark.

More sunset hikes nearby

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Millers Falls Road stop 747 m from the trailhead

Other ways to reach this destination

More from this trailhead