Goat Hill–Rice City Pond Loop, 5 sights is a 2.3-mile loop in Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park near Linwood, MA. The route passes Rice City Pond and Goat Hill. It is mostly level, with 236 ft of elevation gain. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi246 – 476 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.11129, -71.63072
Nearest town Linwood, MA
Directions
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Goat Hill–Rice City Pond Loop, 5 sights
2.3 mi · ▲ 236 ft · 53 min
Elevation 247–475 ft
Loop · Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park
Trailhead: 42.11129, -71.63072
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Upper Goat Hill Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Goat Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miPass Rice City Pond.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Upper Goat Hill Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left onto Greenway Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftPass Goat Hill.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Reload North, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Greenway Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Reload North, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
52% dirt48% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 83°F62°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity83%
Rained 0.6″ yesterday (1.4″ 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°63°
Thu
89°70°
45%
Fri
95°73°
29%
Sat
92°70°
38%
Sun
95°68°
Mon
94°73°
18%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 7:15 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Billy Goat–Greenway Trail Loop, 4 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 308 ft
- Plummer's Trail & Upper Goat Hill Trail 4 mi · ▲ 55 ft
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