Appleton Farms Grass Rides, Hamilton MA.jpg
John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0

Grass Rides Loop is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Appleton Farms Grass Rides near Hamilton, MA. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi26 – 59 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.64136, -70.84504
Nearest town Hamilton, MA

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Grass Rides Loop

3.6 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Elevation 27–59 ft

Out & Back · Appleton Farms Grass Rides

Trailhead: 42.64136, -70.84504

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miBear right onto Grass Rides Loop, heading N.
  5. 350 ftTurn left onto Pinnacle Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Grass Rides Loop, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Pinnacle Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Grass Rides Loop, heading SE.
  16. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  17. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

21% dirt79% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 8:02 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 7:25 PM for the 8:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM — 1 min before dark.

More sunset hikes nearby

Other ways to reach this destination

More from this trailhead