LWV WK8 Great Woods LONG (3 Gates 2 Towers and a Cave) – Distance 8.6Mi – 80% Carriage Road, 20% Single Track
Trailmaster Mike McKie
0M - Start at GW Trail Head Gate (GATE 1). GW Road to Penny Bridge
1.9M - Right onto Walden Pond Road toward horse stables
2.5M - Turn Around at Black Gate (GATE 2)
2.9M - Take Right a few yards after the Stone Pillars onto trail (sorry, no trail marker)
3.2M – Hard Left at B5-2 intersection - Stay Left until you reach Penny Brook Road (B6-2)
3.4M – Right back onto Penny Brook. Continue to the Penny Brook Gate
4.2M - Turn Around at Penny Brook Gate (GATE 3)
4.3M - Right onto C7-7. Continue straight across the main road, past Needham Clearing.
4.6M - Bear Right uphill at C6-2 intersection towards C6-3
4.7M - Left onto Dungeon Road
5.4M - Right at C5-2 onto Loop Road towards Steel Tower (TOWER 1). Continue on Loop Road
5.9M - Right onto Great Woods (D5-1)
6.4M - Right onto Cook Road towards Stone Tower (TOWER 2). Continue Straight
7.1M - Left onto Dungeon Road (C7-1)
7.3M - Right at Dungeon Rock D7-1 (CAVE 1). Down the stairs (Jackson Path)
7.4M - Hard Left at D7-3 onto Waycross
7.6M - Bear Right at base of hill onto D7-2 (Cornell Path)
8.3M - Right onto Great Woods Road (E6-1)
8.6M - Finish at Gate
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Greatwoods Short – GW short 3.08 miles Wheel measured.
Trail Master - Nakri Dao - Fire Road 42% Trails 58%
Mileage marks in parentheses.
Start at GREEN GATE at End of Parking Lot (at bottom of hill)
LEFT - D5-6. (.43)
LEFT - D5-5 (Richardson Pathway). (.54)
STRAIGHT – cross Cooke Rd (.72)
STRAIGHT- Richardson Pathway.
LEFT - E6-2. Cornel Path (.99)
LEFT - E6-1 Greatwoods Rd (1.06)
LEFT at Y Cooke Road. (1.08)
Run by the left side of Stone Tower
Straight on Boulder Path (1.32)
LEFT - D6-4 to Cooke Road. (1.72)
LEFT - C7-1 to Dungeon Road. (1.84)
LEFT - D7-2 to Cornel Path. (2.08)
RIGHT - E6-1 Greatwoods Rd (2.85)
STRAIGHT to Finish line at the Green Gate at bottom of hill. (3.08)