Birch Hill Reservoir Area

Old Royalston Road via Ware River Rail Trail

5.7 mi · ▲ 279 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Old Royalston Road via Ware River Rail Trail is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Birch Hill Reservoir Area near Templeton Station, MA. It climbs 279 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi827 – 1,037 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: West Road 42.58123, -72.07296
Nearest town Templeton Station, MA

Directions

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Old Royalston Road via Ware River Rail Trail

5.7 mi · ▲ 279 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 826–1,037 ft

Out & Back · Birch Hill Reservoir Area

Trailhead: West Road · 42.58123, -72.07296

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:06 PM

  1. Start on West Road, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ware River Rail Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.8 miTurn left onto Old Royalston Road, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miReach Old Royalston Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  10. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right onto Ware River Rail Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.8 miTurn left onto West Road, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:06 PM

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