AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Harvard Forest

Locust Opening Road & Pierce Road

3.4 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Locust Opening Road & Pierce Road is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Harvard Forest near Burrage Corner, MA. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,096 – 1,234 ft3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Locust Opening Road 42.53232, -72.18966
Nearest town Burrage Corner, MA
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Locust Opening Road & Pierce Road

3.4 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Elevation 1,095–1,232 ft

Out & Back · Harvard Forest

Trailhead: Locust Opening Road · 42.53232, -72.18966

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Locust Opening Road, heading E.
  2. 0.8 miTurn right onto Pierce Road, heading S.
  3. 0.9 miReach Locust Opening Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.9 miTurn left onto Locust Opening Road, heading NW.
  5. 0.8 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/locust-opening-road-out-back

Trail surface

49% dirt51% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:20 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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