Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area
Upper Reservoir & Lower Reservoir via Indian Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Upper Reservoir & Lower Reservoir via Indian Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area near South Hanson, MA. The route passes Lower Reservoir, Upper Reservoir and Upper Reservoir. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Upper Reservoir & Lower Reservoir via Indian Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Elevation 55–82 ft
Out & Back · Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 42.03757, -70.87012
Weather Sep 20: Light drizzle, high 64°F / low 49° · precip 58% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Indian Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miPass Lower Reservoir.
- 50 ftPass Upper Reservoir.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miPass Upper Reservoir.
- 0.4 miReach Upper Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:26 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:46 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:14 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Stump Brook Wildlife Sanctuary & Lower Reservoir via Indian Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Stump Brook Wildlife Sanctuary–Upper Reservoir, 3 lakes 4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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