Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area
Stump Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
5.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Stump Brook Wildlife Sanctuary is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area near Burrage, MA. The route reaches Stump Brook Wildlife Sanctuary. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Stump Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
5.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 50–64 ft
Out & Back · Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 42.02879, -70.85911
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 1 miPass Stump Brook Wildlife Sanctuary.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Stump Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:40 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:00 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:31 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Upper Reservoir & Lower Reservoir 2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Stump Brook Wildlife Sanctuary–Upper Reservoir, 3 lakes 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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