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Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary–Bowers Springs Trail, 3 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary near Still River, MA. It is mostly level, with 198 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi413 – 554 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bowers Springs Trail 42.46384, -71.60529
Nearest town Still River, MA

Directions

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Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary–Bowers Springs Trail, 3 sights

3 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 414–555 ft

Out & Back · Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary

Trailhead: Bowers Springs Trail · 42.46384, -71.60529

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bowers Springs Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Mary Abbott Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Powell/Reed/Abbot (yellow blaze), heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Powell Trail (secondary), heading S.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Powell/Reed/Abbot (yellow blaze), heading S.
  7. 300 ftReach Bowers Springs Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 350 ftTurn right onto Powell Trail (secondary), heading E.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Powell/Reed/Abbot (yellow blaze), heading N.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Abbot Orchard Trail (secondary), heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bowers Springs Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

OvercastTemperature 82°F64°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity71%
Rained 0.4″ yesterday (1.3″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:42 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:04 PM
Wed 83°65°
Thu 86°68° 29%
Fri 95°71° 33%
Sat 92°70° 30%
Sun 95°69° 15%
Mon 94°72°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 7:30 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM — 3 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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