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Chapel Brook

Upper Highland Lake–Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, 3 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 774 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Upper Highland Lake–Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, 3 sights is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Chapel Brook near South Ashfield, MA. The route reaches Upper Highland Lake at the turnaround, 3.7 miles in. It climbs 774 ft. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,011 – 1,641 ft7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.48379, -72.75511
Nearest town South Ashfield, MA
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Upper Highland Lake–Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, 3 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 774 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Elevation 1,011–1,641 ft

Out & Back · Chapel Brook

Trailhead: 42.48379, -72.75511

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:09 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 500 ftTurn left onto Two Bridges Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, heading SW.
  5. 2.2 miBear left onto Moose Run, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Long Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.9 miReach Upper Highland Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.9 miTurn left onto Moose Run, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miBear right onto Chapel Brook to DAR Trail, heading N.
  10. 2.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Two Bridges Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 300 ftArrive 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/upper-highland-lake-upper-highland-lake-out-back-13-km

Trail surface

31% dirt69% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:09 PM

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