High Ridge Wildlife Management Area
East Gardner Road
3.4 mi · ▲ 424 ft · 1 hr 21 min
East Gardner Road is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in High Ridge Wildlife Management Area near South Ashburnham, MA. It climbs 424 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi860 – 1,086 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.60121, -71.92162
Nearest town South Ashburnham, MA
Directions
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East Gardner Road
3.4 mi · ▲ 424 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 860–1,086 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto East Gardner Road, heading S.
- 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 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 surface
2% dirt98% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Farm Pond & May Street via East Gardner Road 6.7 mi · ▲ 664 ft
- East Gardner Road & Overlook Road 4.6 mi · ▲ 532 ft
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