Fritz and Helen Walker Conservation Area
Chestnut Hill Loop Trail & Priest Trail via Brown Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 382 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Chestnut Hill Loop Trail & Priest Trail via Brown Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Fritz and Helen Walker Conservation Area near Groton, MA. It climbs 382 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Chestnut Hill Loop Trail & Priest Trail via Brown Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 382 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 311–421 ft
Out & Back · Fritz and Helen Walker Conservation Area
Trailhead: 42.63194, -71.54965
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Brown Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Bruce Clements Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Priest Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Chestnut Hill Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Priest Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Priest Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Chestnut Hill Loop Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Priest Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bruce Clements Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Brown Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Brown Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 238 ft
- Brown Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 266 ft
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