Bourne Rd. to White Island Pond Rd. near RT. 495 overpass. Take White Island Pond Rd to 428-acre Red Brook Wildlife Management Area just west of Osprey Nest. (small metal gate)
THERE IS NO TRAIL HEAD SIGN. FOR SOME REASON MASS. WILDLIFE PUT THE RESERVATION SIGN ON RT. 495 N.
Do not enter large gate to the left- it is private property.
Red Brook is a 4.5-mile spring-fed, freshwater stream that flows from White Island Pond to Buttermilk Bay. It is home to one of the last remaining native sea-run brook trout (known as "salters") fisheries in the eastern United States. The brook gets its name from the red-tinted color of its waters that are influenced by the iron-rich soil deposits near its source.
