Goat Hill–Rice City Pond Loop, 6 sights is a 1-mile loop in Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park near Wheelockville, MA. The route passes Rice City Pond and Goat Hill. It is mostly level, with 202 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi266 – 476 ft · steepest grade: 22%1.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Goat Hill Trail 42.09824, -71.62420
Nearest town Wheelockville, MA
Directions
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Goat Hill–Rice City Pond Loop, 6 sights
1 mi · ▲ 202 ft · 26 min
Elevation 264–475 ft
Loop · Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park
Trailhead: Goat Hill Trail · 42.09824, -71.62420
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Goat Hill Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Rice City Pond.
- 200 ftBear left onto Upper Goat Hill Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Greenway Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Goat Hill.
- 300 ftSharp left onto Reload South, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Southern Access Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Down & Out, heading E.
- 500 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
61% dirt39% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 82°F63°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity80%
Rained 0.4″ yesterday (1.3″ 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
82°63°
Thu
86°68°
45%
Fri
94°72°
29%
Sat
92°70°
37%
Sun
95°71°
Mon
94°71°
18%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:31 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM — 8 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Goat Hill Trail Trailhead
- Rice City Pond–Billy Goat Loop, 7 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 375 ft
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