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Wharton Plantation

Burnt Meadow Pond–Burnt Meadow Trail, 4 sights

10.7 mi · ▲ 449 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Burnt Meadow Pond–Burnt Meadow Trail, 4 sights is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Wharton Plantation near Camp Massapoag, MA. The route reaches Burnt Meadow Pond at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It climbs 449 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 364 ft11.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Line Trail 42.66305, -71.50165
Nearest town Camp Massapoag, MA
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Burnt Meadow Pond–Burnt Meadow Trail, 4 sights

10.7 mi · ▲ 449 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Elevation 182–363 ft

Out & Back · Wharton Plantation

Trailhead: Red Line Trail · 42.66305, -71.50165

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Line Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading S.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Secret Squirrel, heading SW.
  7. 0.7 miBear right onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading NW.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Sledgehammer (■), heading SW.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left onto Burnt Meadow Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miPass Burnt Meadow Pond.
  11. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miReach Burnt Meadow Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 250 ftContinue straight onto Sledgehammer (■), heading S.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading S.
  16. 0.5 miBear left onto Secret Squirrel, heading SE.
  17. 0.7 miTurn right onto Dan Parker Road, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  19. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading E.
  20. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  21. 1.1 miBear left onto Red Line Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/burnt-meadow-pond-burnt-meadow-pond-out-back-17-km-7a02

Trail surface

82% dirt18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 7:36 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM — 9 min before dark.

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