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F a ll s TO MT. TO RICHMOND MONADNOCK B r o o k TULLY TRAIL NEW HAMPSHIRE MASSACHUSETTS SHELTER WHITE ATHOL, ORANGE, ROYALSTON, AND WARWICK, MASSACHUSETTS HILL M CEMETERY ET AC OM ET 9 - MO O 0 NADN CK P 0 TRAIL 0 0 2 TO MT. GRACE 1 1 20 0 ROYALSTON WYMAN FALLS EHRICH HILL ROYALSTON RESERVATION FALLS 8 FOREST 0 0 1 3 A 0 T 0 H 1 0 0 WARWICK STATE FOREST O 0 Note: L – Some sections of trail PROSPECT HILL 1 B R ROYALSTON STATE FOREST 2 0 L I may cross private property. C 0 I 7 S 0 H 0 0 S 0 0 Please stay on trail. 10 M 0 1 1 1 1 O 0 0 N B 0 D 0 o 8 y c e H 1 0 1 0 I 0 0 1 L 0 L R O F A A D L L 1 S 0 0 0 R O East A 900 ROYALSTON 0 D 0 R 00 9 1 W O 1 STATE FOREST R Y 80 9 0 A O A 0 WARWICK A 0 R RO L AD D W S B T 0 I r 0 C O a 8 n K N WEST c F h i ROYALSTON s N h B O r o R TR o T A H NS k M IS SIO 20 0 N BLISS 1 LI NE HILL S DAVIS HILL F IT 0 Z 0 0 TULLY 0 9 0 1 W 0 1 WARWICK 1 I 1 L LAKE L I STATE A ROYALSTON FLOOD M FOREST STATE FOREST CONTROL R 9 O 7 0 68 0 00 0 0 A 0 1 0 8 9 BUTTERWORTH RIDGE 0 0 0 D S 0 0 8 AREA h e TO WARWICKTO o m 0 e 0 FISH 0 t 1 800 L a BROOK Tu k lly e B R U WMA i AD T RO v CK T e RWI E r WA R W TO GARDNER O 7 P 0 7 R 0 32 00 T L H C o ROYALSTON R ORANGE o n D Note: 0 0 l g l . 9 a B r Some sections of trail 1100 STATE r P o JACOBS may cross private property. o o FOREST n k Please stay on trail. d FOREST HILL 0 80 0 TALL TIMBERS W 90 700 B e r A s o T 0 SPIRIT o H 0 t 8 O k L FALLS – 0 R 0 1 I 8 0 C 0 H 0 M O 6 00 N D 0 0 1 0 Branc Note: h TON ROYALS D Some sections of trail THE A GE 0 O RAN 0 O R 8 may cross private property. LEDGES Please stay on trail. T 0 U 0 6 L L STEW L Y A R O – T H 00 T 0 9 R R 70 A O O A CODDING'S A 8 ok D 0 o D r T 0 u MEADOW B l TEMPLE ly W HILL 0 0 0 0 9 A e 1 H 1 R 0 I c 0 LL W 8 E n AN e I O C D r 0 DOANE'S w K 0 TULLY MTN. WMA a 9 L Interpretive FALLS Trail ROAD 00 10 ? P 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1163 TULLY 7 0 N MOUNTAIN 0 TULLY LAKE O R P DOANE'S FALLS T CAMPGROUND H P RESERVATION R Tully Lake l i 900 i R O v O a N r TO R e LS A T A OY A r D R N D 0 60 ROAD OL G A TH E A O R y Tull Whites TULLY . R MILLERS RIVER WMA O Pond N p A DAM P o T ON D LST o M ROYA L 0 0 8 . Lake 70 D 0 D NORTH R A 0 Tully Pond O 0 T ORANGE 9 R D E E N R O T Packard S M L 00 H 8 L Pond I C 0 I 0 H N 7 R 0 I 0 0 A REYVIL 1 F LE T M S E T AD 0 O U R 0 W 6 H LAWTON N T LEGENDT S R E O STATE H N TO ORANGE C TO ATHOL Federal Land P Parking FOREST State Land ? Information 2000 FEET 0 1/2 1 MILE Conservation Land Camping Area 500 METERS 0 1 KILOMETER U.S. Army Corps Private Property Picnic Area of Engineers Tully Lake Campground 25 Doane Hill Rd. Royalston, MA 01368 Tully Trail Canoe/Boat Access CONTOUR INTERVAL 20 FEET phone: 978-249-4957 e-mail: [email protected] o North Central Management Unit 14 1/2 phone: 978-248-9455 Other Hiking Trails Scenic Vista Magnetic Declination NORTH Map produced by The Trustees of Reservations, Dec. 2011..

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