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Howard Brook Trail–Sparrow Trail (white), 3 sights is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Pisgah Conservation Area near South Berlin, MA. It climbs 516 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi367 – 699 ft · steepest grade: 32%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.36185, -71.65431
Nearest town South Berlin, MA

Directions

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Howard Brook Trail–Sparrow Trail (white), 3 sights

2.8 mi · ▲ 516 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Elevation 369–698 ft

Out & Back · Mount Pisgah Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.36185, -71.65431

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Tyler Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Howard Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miReach Tyler Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 100 ftBear left onto Howard Brook Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left onto Sparrow Trail (white), heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mentzner Trail (blue), heading NW.
  8. 0.7 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

78% dirt22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:04 PM

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