High Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Farm Pond & May Street via East Gardner Road
6.7 mi · ▲ 664 ft · 2 hr 34 min
Farm Pond & May Street via East Gardner Road is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in High Ridge Wildlife Management Area near South Ashburnham, MA. The route reaches Farm Pond. It climbs 664 ft. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Farm Pond & May Street via East Gardner Road
6.7 mi · ▲ 664 ft · 2 hr 34 min
Elevation 860–1,144 ft
Out & Back · High Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 42.60121, -71.92162
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 56°F / low 47° · precip 62% · wind 4 mph · 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 miSharp right onto East Gardner Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right onto May Street, heading W.
- 0.5 miPass Farm Pond.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Smith Street, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Farm Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto May Street, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto East Gardner Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Beech Hill–Chapel Street, 4 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 894 ft
- East Gardner Road & Overlook Road 4.6 mi · ▲ 532 ft
- East Gardner Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 424 ft
- Whitmanville Reservoir 1.7 mi · ▲ 170 ft
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