Indian Rock Trail–Secret Squirrel, 3 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Indian Rock Trail–Secret Squirrel, 3 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Wharton Plantation near East Groton, MA. It climbs 280 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Indian Rock Trail–Secret Squirrel, 3 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 242–331 ft
Out & Back · Wharton Plantation
Trailhead: 42.61914, -71.52274
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sledgehammer (■), heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Secret Squirrel, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Dan Parker Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Blood Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Boulders Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Boulders Cutoff, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Indian Rock Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftReach Sledgehammer (■), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Boulders Cutoff, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Boulders Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Blood Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Secret Squirrel, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Sledgehammer (■), heading E.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Secret Squirrel & Sledgehammer (■) via Sledgehammer (♦) 2.9 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Burnt Meadow Pond–Burnt Meadow Trail, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- Indian Rock–Boulders Trail, 4 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 253 ft
- Baddacook Pond–Secret Squirrel, 3 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 340 ft
- Massapoag Pond–Lower Massapoag Pond, 4 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 684 ft
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