Mount Pisgah Conservation Area
Fisher Trail & Vernal Pool Trail via Howard Brook Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 236 ft · 55 min
Fisher Trail & Vernal Pool Trail via Howard Brook Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Pisgah Conservation Area near West Berlin, MA. It is mostly level, with 236 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Fisher Trail & Vernal Pool Trail via Howard Brook Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 236 ft · 55 min
Elevation 501–671 ft
Out & Back · Mount Pisgah Conservation Area
Trailhead: Loop Trail · 42.35968, -71.67110
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Howard Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Howard Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Vernal Pool Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Fisher Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Sparrow Trail (white), heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Loop Trail Trailhead
- Berlin Road Trail (red) & Howard Brook Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 252 ft
- Howard Brook Trail & Vernal Pool Trail via Berlin Road Trail (red) 2.5 mi · ▲ 278 ft
- South Ridge Loop via Berlin Road Trail (red) 2.6 mi · ▲ 364 ft
- Devine Trail–Mentzner Trail (blue), 3 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 325 ft
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