Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Red Tail Trail & Red-Tail Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 48 min
Red Tail Trail & Red-Tail Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge near Riverside, MA. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Red Tail Trail & Red-Tail Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 48 min
Elevation 113–146 ft
Out & Back · Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Trailhead: Foss Farm Loop Trail · 42.51552, -71.31657
Weather Sep 20: Light drizzle, high 61°F / low 47° · precip 51% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
- Start on Foss Farm Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto River Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Red-Tail Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Tobin Bridge, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear right onto Red Tail Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pines Loop, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Red-Tail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Tail Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Tobin Bridge, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Red-Tail Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto River Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Foss Farm Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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