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Cocasset Brook Greenbelt

Healthy Heart Viewpoint–Sunset Lake, 3 sights

2.7 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 55 min

Healthy Heart Viewpoint–Sunset Lake, 3 sights is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Cocasset Brook Greenbelt near North Foxboro, MA. The route passes Sunset Lake before reaching Healthy Heart Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi246 – 292 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.06906, -71.25711
Nearest town North Foxboro, MA
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Healthy Heart Viewpoint–Sunset Lake, 3 sights

2.7 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 55 min

Elevation 245–292 ft

Out & Back · Cocasset Brook Greenbelt

Trailhead: 42.06906, -71.25711

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miPass Sunset Lake.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftTurn left onto Tupelo Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Healthy Heart Trail, heading S.
  11. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftReach Healthy Heart Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 150 ftTurn right onto Tupelo Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/healthy-heart-viewpoint-sunset-lake-out-back-3-lakes

Trail surface

93% dirt1% boardwalk6% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 81°F61°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity84%
Rained 0.6″ yesterday (1.3″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:42 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:02 PM
Wed 82°63°
Thu 90°70° 30%
Fri 96°71° 27%
Sat 92°69° 35%
Sun 95°67° 19%
Mon 95°72° 16%

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