Mount Pisgah Conservation Area

• From the Smith Road parking area, start out in an easterly direction on the yellow-blazed Mentzer Trail.
• Follow Mentzer Trail for 0.15 mile, then bear right onto the red-blazed Sparrow Trail.
• Follow Sparrow Trail for 0.4 mile, going straight through a 4-way intersection with Berlin Road Trail.
• At the next junction, which is with Tyler Trail, continue straight on Sparrow Trail for another 0.3 mile which will bring you to South View from where there are good views to the southeast.

• Go straight/left across the outlook point and onto the red-blazed Fisher Trail.
• Follow Fisher Trail for 0.1 mile then turn right onto the green-blazed Vernal Pool Trail – but avoid a farther right turn onto Berlin Road Trail.
• Follow Vernal Pool Trail for 0.35 mile until reaching a 3-way junction. Vernal Pool Trail continues on a sharp right, South Gorge Trail starts on a soft right, and Fisher Trail is straight/left. Bear right onto the red-blazed South Gorge Trail.
• Follow South Gorge Trail for 0.3 mile, turning right at a junction with South Ridge Loop, and then bumping into Howard Ridge Trail.
• Turn left onto the yellow-blazed Howard Ridge Trail and follow it for only 0.5 mile.
• Where Green Street Trail leaves to the left, bear right/straight to pick up the blue-blazed Howard Brook Trail.
• Follow Howard Brook Trail for 0.9 mile, bearing left at a junction about halfway through this segment.
• Howard Brook Trail ends at Howard Ridge Trail. Turn left and follow the yellow-blazed Howard Ridge Trail for 0.05 mile.
• When Howard Ridge Trail ends, turn left onto Berlin Road Trail.
• After 0.3 mile, you will reach a 4-way intersection; keep straight on Berlin Road Trail.
• After another 0.25 mile on Berlin Road Trail, turn right onto the white-blazed Summit Trail.
• Follow Summit Trail for 0.1 mile to its end which is the official summit of Mount Pisgah.
• Turn left onto the red-blazed Tyler Trail.
• Walk on Tyler Trail for 0.2 mile until it ends upon meeting Mentzer Trail.
• Turn right on Mentzer Trail for a few strides, then left onto North Overlook Trail which will bring you to North View in less than 0.1 mile. From here there are views east.

• Continue north on a well-marked trail and keep bearing left at all the forks. After about 0.6 mile, this will bring you to a footbridge and trail convergence.
• Continue straight on what is now Berlin Road Trail and follow it for 0.2 mile.
• At the top of the hill turn left onto North Gorge Trail and follow the yellow blazes for 0.4 mile which will return you to Berlin Road Trail.
• Turn left onto Berlin Road Trail and follow it for just 0.1 mile until reaching a 4-way intersection.
• Turn right onto Mentzer Trail and follow it for 0.45 mile back to the parking area, going straight/right at the junction with Sparrow Trail.

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• Take exit 26 for Rt. 62 West.
• Travel on Rt. 62 West for about 2 miles to Berlin Center, and then bear left onto Linden Street at the blinking light.
• Follow Linden Street for 1.6 miles and then turn left onto Ball Hill Road.
• Follow the road, which becomes Smith Road, for 1.3 miles.
• A small parking lot (signed) will be on the left.

• Take exit 24 for Church Street, Boylston/Northborough and turn north toward Boylston and Clinton.
• Just north of the highway, take your first right onto Ball Street.
• Follow Ball Street for about 1.8 miles until it ends at Green Road, bearing right at a fork after about 1.0 mile.
• Turn left onto Green Street.
• Travel on Green Street for almost 0.5 mile, and then where Green Street veers to the left, bear right onto Smith Road.
• Drive on Smith Road for about 0.3 mile.
• A small parking lot (signed) will be on the right.

• Devine Conservation Restriction: privately owned property in Berlin with a conservation restriction retained by Sudbury Valley Trustees and the Town of Berlin.
• Town of Berlin: managed by Berlin's conservation commission.
• Town of Northborough: managed by Northborough Trails Committee.
• MassWildlife, Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game: located in Northborough at the southern end of the conservation area.

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