Ash Hill–Pearce Lake, 5 lakes is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Breakheart Reservation near Oakland Vale, MA. The route passes Ash Hill, Pearce Lake, Pearce Lake Beach and Silver Lake. It is mostly level, with 202 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi85 – 194 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ash Path 42.48264, -71.03224
Nearest town Oakland Vale, MA
Directions
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Ash Hill–Pearce Lake, 5 lakes
2.7 mi · ▲ 202 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 84–194 ft
Out & Back · Breakheart Reservation
Trailhead: Ash Path · 42.48264, -71.03224
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
- Start on Ash Path, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Ash Hill.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Link Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miPass Pearce Lake.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Fern Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Pearce Lake Beach.
- 50 ftReach Ash Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Silver Lake.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
72% dirt7% paved21% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM
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