Secret Squirrel & Sledgehammer (♦)
7.3 mi · ▲ 317 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Secret Squirrel & Sledgehammer (♦) is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Wharton Plantation near Groton, MA. It climbs 317 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Secret Squirrel & Sledgehammer (♦)
7.3 mi · ▲ 317 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Elevation 230–316 ft
Out & Back · Wharton Plantation
Trailhead: 42.63262, -71.54722
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Secret Squirrel, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Sledgehammer (■), heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 150 ftReach Secret Squirrel, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Secret Squirrel, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Dan Parker Road, heading N.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~67 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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