Crystal Lake–Perley Brook Reservoir, 4 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Gardner Water Supply Land near Gardner, MA. The route passes Crystal Lake and Perley Brook Reservoir. It is mostly level, with 205 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,027 – 1,125 ft5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.58551, -71.99431
Nearest town Gardner, MA
Directions
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Crystal Lake–Perley Brook Reservoir, 4 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 205 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 1,026–1,126 ft
Out & Back · Gardner Water Supply Land
Trailhead: 42.58551, -71.99431
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Crystal Lake.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Heywood Branch, heading N.
- 0.6 miPass Perley Brook Reservoir.
- 1 miReach Crystal Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Calvin Coolidge Outlet to Rail Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Calvin Coolidge, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Main Jeep Road, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Connector to main jeep road, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Brook Loop, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Access Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Heywood Branch, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 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.
Trail surface
86% dirt8% paved6% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:30 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:51 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:19 PM.
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