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Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary

Great Heron Pond–Piggery Trail, 6 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 246 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Great Heron Pond–Piggery Trail, 6 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary near Rice Square, MA. The route reaches Great Heron Pond. It is mostly level, with 246 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi505 – 610 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Piggery Trail 42.24501, -71.78300
Nearest town Rice Square, MA
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Great Heron Pond–Piggery Trail, 6 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 246 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 504–612 ft

Out & Back · Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary

Trailhead: Piggery Trail · 42.24501, -71.78300

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start on Piggery Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right onto Sagatabscot Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miPass Great Heron Pond.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Cardinal Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Power Line Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Sprague Trail Extension, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miBear left onto Smiley Face Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miReach Great Heron Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Sprague Trail Extension, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Power Line Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Cardinal Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miBear left onto Sagatabscot Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 0.6 miArrive 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/great-heron-pond-great-heron-pond-out-back-7-sights

Trail surface

79% dirt21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:04 PM

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