Sunset Lake–CCC Water Hole #7, 8 lakes
5.3 mi · ▲ 333 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Sunset Lake–CCC Water Hole #7, 8 lakes is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Cocasset Brook Greenbelt near North Foxboro, MA. The route passes Sunset Lake, CCC Water Hole #11, CCC Water Hole #5 and 5 more before reaching CCC Water Hole #7 at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 333 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sunset Lake–CCC Water Hole #7, 8 lakes
5.3 mi · ▲ 333 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Elevation 238–333 ft
Out & Back · Cocasset Brook Greenbelt
Trailhead: 42.06906, -71.25711
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 60°F / low 50° · precip 66% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Sunset Lake.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftPass CCC Water Hole #11.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass CCC Water Hole #5.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass CCC Water Hole #4.
- 50 ftPass CCC Water Hole #2.
- 50 ftPass CCC Water Hole #6.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Acorn Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass CCC Water Hole #7.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Megley Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass CCC Water Hole #7.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 400 ftPass CCC Water Hole #7.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 400 ftReach Sunset Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Acorn Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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