Upper Highland Lake–Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, 4 sights
7 mi · ▲ 678 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Upper Highland Lake–Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, 4 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Chapel Brook near South Ashfield, MA. The route reaches Upper Highland Lake at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It climbs 678 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Upper Highland Lake–Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, 4 sights
7 mi · ▲ 678 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Elevation 1,134–1,641 ft
Out & Back · Chapel Brook
Trailhead: 42.48197, -72.76046
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 54°F / low 47° · precip 80% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left onto Two Bridges Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, heading SW.
- 2.2 miBear left onto Moose Run, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Long Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Hemlock, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Upper Highland Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Long Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Moose Run, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, heading N.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Two Bridges Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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