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Eagle Lake Wildlife Refuge

Eagle Lake & Pipeline Trail via Appleton Loop

2.3 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 49 min

Eagle Lake & Pipeline Trail via Appleton Loop is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Eagle Lake Wildlife Refuge near Jefferson, MA. The route reaches Eagle Lake at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 115 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi778 – 860 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.35781, -71.89611
Nearest town Jefferson, MA
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Eagle Lake & Pipeline Trail via Appleton Loop

2.3 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 49 min

Elevation 778–860 ft

Out & Back · Eagle Lake Wildlife Refuge

Trailhead: 42.35781, -71.89611

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Appleton Loop, heading S.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto Pipeline Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.7 miReach Eagle Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left onto Appleton Loop, heading NW.
  5. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/eagle-lake-out-back-via-appleton-loop

Trail surface

56% grass44% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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