Secret Squirrel & Sledgehammer (♦)
6.1 mi · ▲ 289 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Secret Squirrel & Sledgehammer (♦) is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Wharton Plantation near East Groton, MA. It climbs 289 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Secret Squirrel & Sledgehammer (♦)
6.1 mi · ▲ 289 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 237–345 ft
Out & Back · Wharton Plantation
Trailhead: 42.62520, -71.53540
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Secret Squirrel, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading SE.
- 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 NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Dan Parker Road, heading N.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:44 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:04 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:36 PM.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Bruce Clements Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 169 ft
- Bruce Clements Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 169 ft
- Bruce Clements Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Bruce Clements Trail 3 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Dan Parker Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 209 ft
- Dan Parker Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 153 ft
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