Ware River Rail Trail, Barre MA.jpg
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Ware river is an 11.9-mile out-and-back in Ware River Watershed near Barre Falls, MA. The route passes Ware river before reaching Ware river at the turnaround, 6 miles in. It climbs 569 ft. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi650 – 889 ft11.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.43677, -72.04424
Nearest town Barre Falls, MA

Directions

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Ware river

11.9 mi · ▲ 569 ft · 4 hr 15 min

Elevation 651–889 ft

Out & Back · Ware River Watershed

Trailhead: 42.43677, -72.04424

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 59° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:06 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  3. 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Ware River Rail Trail, heading SE.
  5. 3.5 miPass Ware river.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  7. 0.7 miReach Ware river, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 4.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 1 miBear left, heading SE.
  11. 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

59% dirt41% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 78°F59°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity90%
Rained 2.4″ yesterday (4.7″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 5:44 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:06 PM
Wed 79°59°
Thu 86°67° 48%
Fri 92°69° 36%
Sat 90°69° 38%
Sun 91°66°
Mon 89°69° 17%

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