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
- Start on Chapel Street, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto May Street, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto East Gardner Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.8 miReach Whitmanville Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right onto May Street, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Chapel Street, heading N.
- 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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