Mount Pisgah Wildlife Management Area
Howard Brook Trail & Vernal Pool Trail via Berlin Road Trail (red)
2.5 mi · ▲ 278 ft · 58 min
Howard Brook Trail & Vernal Pool Trail via Berlin Road Trail (red) is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Pisgah Wildlife Management Area near West Berlin, MA. It climbs 278 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Howard Brook Trail & Vernal Pool Trail via Berlin Road Trail (red)
2.5 mi · ▲ 278 ft · 58 min
Elevation 426–662 ft
Out & Back · Mount Pisgah Wildlife Management 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.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Sparrow Trail (white), heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Berlin Road Trail (red), heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Howard Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Vernal Pool Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Howard Brook Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto South Gorge Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Howard Brook Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 200 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
- Fisher Trail & Vernal Pool Trail via Howard Brook Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 236 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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