Trail signs, Mt Pisgah Conservation Area, Northborough MA.jpg
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Ball Hill Trail–North Gorge Trail (red) Loop, 4 sights is a 2.5-mile loop in Mount Pisgah Conservation Area near South Berlin, MA. It climbs 441 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi367 – 673 ft · steepest grade: 29%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.36185, -71.65431
Nearest town South Berlin, MA

Directions

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Ball Hill Trail–North Gorge Trail (red) Loop, 4 sights

2.5 mi · ▲ 441 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Elevation 369–674 ft

Loop · Mount Pisgah Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.36185, -71.65431

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tyler Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miBear right onto Tyler Trail (yellow/blue), heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Trail (yellow), heading N.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right onto North Gorge Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ball Hill Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto North Gorge Trail (red), heading SE.
  10. 100 ftTurn right onto North Gorge Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Berlin Road Trail (red), heading W.
  12. 400 ftTurn left onto Mentzner Trail (blue), heading S.
  13. 0.5 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

73% dirt1% other26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:04 PM

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