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High Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Beech Hill–Chapel Street, 4 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 894 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Beech Hill–Chapel Street, 4 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in High Ridge Wildlife Management Area near South Ashburnham, MA. It climbs 894 ft. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi860 – 1,148 ft7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.60121, -71.92162
Nearest town South Ashburnham, MA
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Beech Hill–Chapel Street, 4 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 894 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Elevation 860–1,147 ft

Out & Back · High Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.60121, -71.92162

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto East Gardner Road, heading S.
  6. 200 ftContinue straight onto Overlook Road, heading E.
  7. 0.7 miBear right onto Chapel Street, heading S.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left onto Beech Hill, heading W.
  9. 0.5 miReach Overlook Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto Chapel Street, heading N.
  11. 0.6 miBear left onto Overlook Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.7 miContinue straight onto East Gardner Road, heading N.
  13. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  16. 1.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beech-hill-chapel-street-out-back-4-sights-11-km

Trail surface

27% paved9% dirt64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:51 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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