Perley Brook Reservoir & Beagle Pond via Heywood Branch is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Gardner Water Supply Land near Camp Collier, MA. The route passes Perley Brook Reservoir before reaching Beagle Pond at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 30 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,027 – 1,086 ft3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: connector 42.60860, -71.99566
Nearest town Camp Collier, MA
Directions
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Perley Brook Reservoir & Beagle Pond via Heywood Branch
3.1 mi · ▲ 30 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Elevation 1,028–1,086 ft
Out & Back · Gardner Water Supply Land
Trailhead: connector · 42.60860, -71.99566
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 55°F / low 46° · precip 62% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Heywood Branch, heading SE.
- 0.8 miPass Perley Brook Reservoir.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Brook Loop, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Beagle Pond.
- 50 ftReach Perley Brook Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Access Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Heywood Branch, heading N.
- 1.2 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
DrizzleTemperature 55°F46°
Precip62%Wind5 mphUV0Humidity98%
Rained 0.2″ 3 days ago (1.1″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
60°45°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:51 PM
Mon
62°49°
28%
Tue
57°42°
Wed
59°40°
Thu
61°39°
Fri
61°46°
32%
Sat
58°48°
35%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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