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Blue Dot Trail (Bob Elms)–Red Dot Trail, 3 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Trout Brook Conservation Area near Quinapoxet, MA. It is mostly level, with 166 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi564 – 689 ft4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.39830, -71.84945
Nearest town Quinapoxet, MA

Directions

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Blue Dot Trail (Bob Elms)–Red Dot Trail, 3 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 566–687 ft

Out & Back · Trout Brook Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.39830, -71.84945

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto White Dot Trail, heading SE.
  3. 200 ftSharp left onto Red Dot Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right onto Blue Dot Trail (Bob Elms), heading E.
  5. 1 miBear right onto Connector 2, heading S.
  6. 100 ftBear right onto Blue Dot Trail (Bob Elms), heading S.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto X-Mas Tree Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miBear left onto White Dot Trail, heading SW.
  10. 450 ftSharp right onto Short Loop Trail, heading SW.
  11. 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 surface

83% dirt17% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 79°F62°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity69%
Rained 1.6″ yesterday (4″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:44 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:05 PM
Wed 81°64°
Thu 88°68° 44%
Fri 93°70° 35%
Sat 92°68° 34%
Sun 93°67°
Mon 90°72° 16%

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