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High Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Farm Pond–Chapel Street, 4 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Farm Pond–Chapel Street, 4 sights is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in High Ridge Wildlife Management Area near East Gardner, MA. The route reaches Farm Pond. It climbs 335 ft. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,011 – 1,175 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Smith Street 42.58617, -71.95326
Nearest town East Gardner, MA
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Farm Pond–Chapel Street, 4 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Elevation 1,009–1,174 ft

Out & Back · High Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Smith Street · 42.58617, -71.95326

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:06 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Smith Street, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  3. 0.5 miPass Farm Pond.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto May Street, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Chapel Street, heading SW.
  8. 250 ftReach Farm Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left onto May Street, heading NE.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Smith Street, heading NW.
  13. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 450 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/farm-pond-farm-pond-out-back-5-sights-6-km

Trail surface

24% paved76% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:06 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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