Rabbit Run
5.3 mi · ▲ 509 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Rabbit Run is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Warren Brook Watershed near Ward Corner, MA. It climbs 509 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi417 – 620 ft · steepest grade: 15%5.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.22366, -71.64502
Nearest town Ward Corner, MA
Directions
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Rabbit Run
5.3 mi · ▲ 509 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 416–621 ft
Out & Back · Warren Brook Watershed
Trailhead: 42.22366, -71.64502
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Rabbit Run, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
41% dirt59% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:06 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Old Hopkinton Spring Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 733 ft
- Rabbit Run 5 mi · ▲ 505 ft
- Old Hopkinton Spring Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 729 ft
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