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Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area

Wills Hill & Lake Pleasant via Plains Road

5.9 mi · ▲ 229 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Wills Hill & Lake Pleasant via Plains Road is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area near Lake Pleasant, MA. The route passes Lake Pleasant and Wills Hill. It is mostly level, with 229 ft of elevation gain. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi315 – 548 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.58636, -72.52520
Nearest town Lake Pleasant, MA
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Wills Hill & Lake Pleasant via Plains Road

5.9 mi · ▲ 229 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 316–548 ft

Out & Back · Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.58636, -72.52520

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miPass Lake Pleasant.
  12. 50 ftReach Wills Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
  16. 0.7 miTurn right onto Plains Road, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftPass Wills Hill.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  26. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  29. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/wills-hill-lake-pleasant-out-back-10-km-e058

Trail surface

10% dirt90% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:46 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 7:20 PM for the 8:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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