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Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Foss Farm Loop Trail–Red Tail Trail, 3 sights

2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min

Foss Farm Loop Trail–Red Tail Trail, 3 sights is a 2.3-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 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi112 – 131 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Poison Ivy Trail 42.52662, -71.31797
Nearest town Riverside, MA
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Foss Farm Loop Trail–Red Tail Trail, 3 sights

2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min

Elevation 113–132 ft

Out & Back · Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Trailhead: Poison Ivy Trail · 42.52662, -71.31797

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Poison Ivy Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pines Loop, heading E.
  3. 200 ftContinue straight onto Red Tail Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miBear left onto Tobin Bridge, heading S.
  5. 350 ftTurn left onto Red-Tail Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto River Trail, heading S.
  7. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Foss Farm Loop Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftReach Red Tail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miBear right onto River Trail, heading N.
  12. 350 ftTurn left onto Red-Tail Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Tobin Bridge, heading NW.
  14. 350 ftBear right onto Red Tail Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pines Loop, heading NE.
  16. 200 ftContinue straight onto Poison Ivy Trail, heading N.
  17. 450 ftArrive 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/foss-farm-loop-trail-red-tail-trail-out-back-3-sights-4-km-7da2

Trail surface

88% dirt3% boardwalk9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:38 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM — 12 min before dark.

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