High Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Whitmanville Reservoir & Chapel Street

5 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Whitmanville Reservoir & Chapel Street is a 5-mile out-and-back in High Ridge Wildlife Management Area near East Gardner, MA. The route reaches Whitmanville Reservoir at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 336 ft. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi846 – 1,175 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chapel Street 42.57726, -71.93815
Nearest town East Gardner, MA

Directions

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Whitmanville Reservoir & Chapel Street

5 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 848–1,174 ft

Out & Back · High Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Chapel Street · 42.57726, -71.93815

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:06 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Chapel Street, heading SE.
  2. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right onto May Street, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto East Gardner Road, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.8 miReach Whitmanville Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
  11. 0.8 miBear right onto May Street, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Chapel Street, heading N.
  15. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

18% dirt3% paved79% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:06 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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