Ovenbird Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 282 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Ovenbird Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary near Willows, MA. It climbs 282 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ovenbird Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 282 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 260–392 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
Trailhead: Half Moon Road · 42.58493, -71.55379
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Chestnut Oak Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Ovenbird Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Heronry Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Fire Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Heronry Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Ovenbird Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Chestnut Oak Loop Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:14 PM — 3 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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