Hopedale Pond & Red Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 58 min
Hopedale Pond & Red Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back near Hopedale, MA. The route reaches Hopedale Pond. It climbs 260 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hopedale Pond & Red Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 58 min
Elevation 274–529 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.13631, -71.56247
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 60°F / low 50° · precip 54% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Brown Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto The Parklands Blue Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftPass Hopedale Pond.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left onto Red Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:06 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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More from this trailhead
- Mill Pond & Pipeline Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 281 ft
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