Wildlands Trust - Crystal Spring Preserve
Balancing Rock & Red Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Balancing Rock & Red Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Wildlands Trust - Crystal Spring Preserve near Plainville, MA. The route reaches Balancing Rock at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 250 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Balancing Rock & Red Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 205–347 ft
Out & Back · Wildlands Trust - Crystal Spring Preserve
Trailhead: Red Trail · 42.01670, -71.32560
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sunrise Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right onto South Loop Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftReach Balancing Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftBear left onto Sunrise Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Red Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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