High Ridge Wildlife Management Area
East Gardner Road & Overlook Road
4.6 mi · ▲ 532 ft · 1 hr 48 min
East Gardner Road & Overlook Road is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in High Ridge Wildlife Management Area near South Ashburnham, MA. It climbs 532 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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East Gardner Road & Overlook Road
4.6 mi · ▲ 532 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 860–1,086 ft
Out & Back · High Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 42.60121, -71.92162
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto East Gardner Road, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Overlook Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach Overlook Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto East Gardner Road, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Whitmanville Reservoir 1.7 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- East Gardner Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 424 ft
- Farm Pond & May Street via East Gardner Road 6.7 mi · ▲ 664 ft
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