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Chapel Brook

Bobcat Trail–Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, 4 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 817 ft · 3 hr 13 min

Bobcat Trail–Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, 4 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Chapel Brook near South Ashfield, MA. It climbs 817 ft. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,132 – 1,657 ft8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.48197, -72.76046
Nearest town South Ashfield, MA
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Bobcat Trail–Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, 4 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 817 ft · 3 hr 13 min

Elevation 1,134–1,658 ft

Out & Back · Chapel Brook

Trailhead: 42.48197, -72.76046

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 100 ftBear left onto Two Bridges Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, heading SW.
  5. 2.2 miBear left onto Moose Run, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Long Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 250 ftBear right onto Bobcat Trail, heading NE.
  9. 1.2 miReach Two Bridges Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 1.2 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 250 ftTurn right onto Long Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Moose Run, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miBear right onto Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, heading NW.
  14. 2.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Two Bridges Trail, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftArrive 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/moore-hill-out-back-11-km-3acd

Trail surface

16% dirt84% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:09 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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