The hike this week up Mt Amos is located in the Heald and Bradley Pond Reserve, an 800 or so acre area cared for by the Greater Lovell Land Trust (https://www.gllt.org/heald-and-bradley-pond-reserve). The property includes most of the western shore of Heald Pond, access to the southern shores of Bradley Pond, and much of Whiting Hill, Amos Mountain and Flat Hill. Most of the property iborders Route 5 on the west and Slab City Road on the south. There are apparently five parking lots used as trailheads in the area. We are going to meet at Trailhead #4. Dale has told me that this “… trailhead (#4) is 7.1 miles north on 5 from where you get onto Rte. 5 in Lovell village from Knights Hill Rd. It’s on the right as you go down a long hill.”
Dale’s plan is to go up Amos via the Homestead, part of the Hemlock and the Amos Mt. trail. Returning via the west section of the Heritage Trail, Amos Mt., Hemlock and Homestead trails. Sort of a backwards P.”
This map of the preserve has the parking lots numbered. (note you need to scroll down to find it. You might want to print this mmap out at home to save Dale from having to do so. https://www.gllt.org/heald-and-bradley-pond-reserve
Other maps you may find do not have the lots numbered. The trailhead is on the left side of the map on the east side of route 5 just south of Palmer Rd. Here is an enlarged screen shot of that section of the map
With the map enlarged, you can see the #4. The parking lot is on the right as you head north on rte 5. If you pass Palmer Lane, you’ve gone too far
(The name the land trust uses for the lot, “Gallie Trail lot”, is hard to find on the map (At least I couldn’t find it).
It looks to be a 40 minute drive from Denmark to the trailhead. Assume anyone coming from the church will arrive at about 9:15 am so plan accordingly.
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