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Chapel Brook

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.

Elevation

0 mi1,132 – 1,641 ft · steepest grade: 15%7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.48197, -72.76046
Nearest town South Ashfield, MA
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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 Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 100 ftBear left onto Two Bridges Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, heading SW.
  5. 2.2 miBear left onto Moose Run, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Long Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Hemlock, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miReach Upper Highland Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Long Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Moose Run, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miBear right onto Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, heading N.
  15. 2.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Two Bridges Trail, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  18. 50 ftArrive 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/chapel-ledge-upper-highland-lake-out-back-3-lakes-13-km-ba6b

Trail surface

26% dirt2% gravel1% paved71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:09 PM

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