Millers River Wildlife Management Area
Thousand Acre Reservoir–Observation Hill Trail, 3 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 502 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Thousand Acre Reservoir–Observation Hill Trail, 3 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Millers River Wildlife Management Area near South Royalston, MA. The route reaches Thousand Acre Reservoir. It climbs 502 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Thousand Acre Reservoir–Observation Hill Trail, 3 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 502 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 729–1,075 ft
Out & Back · Millers River Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Willis Road · 42.60182, -72.15522
Weather Sep 20: Heavy drizzle, high 55°F / low 46° · precip 62% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
- Start on Willis Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Observation Hill Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Thousand Acre Reservoir.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Old Stage Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Thousand Acre Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Observation Hill Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Willis Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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