Bancroft Trail & Turkey Hill Road
3.7 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Bancroft Trail & Turkey Hill Road is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Whitney & Thayer Woods near Nantasket Junction, MA. It climbs 335 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bancroft Trail & Turkey Hill Road
3.7 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 32–181 ft
Out & Back · Whitney & Thayer Woods
Trailhead: 42.23978, -70.86041
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 64°F / low 49° · precip 50% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Turkey Hill Lane, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Turkey Hill Road, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Bancroft Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Turkey Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Turkey Hill Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading N.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:14 PM — 0 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 275 ft
- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 6 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Turkey Hill Road & Whitney Spur Rail Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 256 ft
- Woodside Cemetery Pond & Turkey Hill Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 223 ft
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