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Ash Street Land

Cranberry Bog Trail (Blue) & Elmwood Loop

4 mi · ▲ 175 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Cranberry Bog Trail (Blue) & Elmwood Loop is a 4-mile out-and-back in Ash Street Land near Hopkinton, MA. It is mostly level, with 175 ft of elevation gain. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi272 – 394 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.24105, -71.51014
Nearest town Hopkinton, MA
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Cranberry Bog Trail (Blue) & Elmwood Loop

4 mi · ▲ 175 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 272–392 ft

Out & Back · Ash Street Land

Trailhead: 42.24105, -71.51014

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 300 ftTurn left onto Cranberry Bog Trail (Blue), heading S.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftBear right onto Cranberry Bog Trail (Blue), heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Elmwood Loop, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miReach Cranberry Bog Trail (Blue), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 350 ftContinue straight onto Cranberry Bog Trail (Blue), heading N.
  12. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miBear right onto Cranberry Bog Trail (Blue), heading N.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cranberry-bog-trail-blue-elmwood-loop-out-back-6-km

Weather

OvercastTemperature 82°F63°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity72%
Rained 1.2″ yesterday (2.2″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:43 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:03 PM
Wed 83°65°
Thu 84°68° 34%
Fri 94°70° 30%
Sat 92°70° 35%
Sun 95°69° 15%
Mon 94°71° 16%

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