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Birch Hill Reservoir Area

Old Royalston Road & West Road via Ware River Rail Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 317 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Old Royalston Road & West Road via Ware River Rail Trail is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Birch Hill Reservoir Area near Templeton Station, MA. It climbs 317 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi827 – 938 ft7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.58180, -72.08782
Nearest town Templeton Station, MA
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Old Royalston Road & West Road via Ware River Rail Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 317 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Elevation 826–937 ft

Out & Back · Birch Hill Reservoir Area

Trailhead: 42.58180, -72.08782

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left onto Ware River Rail Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.8 miTurn left onto Old Royalston Road, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miReach West Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right onto Ware River Rail Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.8 miTurn right onto West Road, heading W.
  14. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 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/old-royalston-road-west-road-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:06 PM

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