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Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Beaver Trail & Red Tail Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 56 min

Beaver Trail & Red Tail Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge near Riverside, MA. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi115 – 141 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Poison Ivy Trail 42.52662, -71.31797
Nearest town Riverside, MA
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Beaver Trail & Red Tail Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 56 min

Elevation 115–142 ft

Out & Back · Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Trailhead: Poison Ivy Trail · 42.52662, -71.31797

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Poison Ivy Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pines Loop, heading E.
  3. 200 ftContinue straight onto Red Tail Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miBear left onto Tobin Bridge, heading S.
  5. 350 ftBear right onto Beaver Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Woods Loop, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  13. 350 ftReach Beaver Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  17. 200 ftBear left, heading N.
  18. 350 ftTurn right onto Beaver Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miBear left onto Tobin Bridge, heading N.
  20. 350 ftBear right onto Red Tail Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pines Loop, heading N.
  22. 200 ftContinue straight onto Poison Ivy Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beaver-trail-red-tail-trail-out-back

Trail surface

91% dirt7% gravel2% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:38 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM — 12 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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