Horizons For Youth

Lake Massapoag–Red Dot Trail, 3 sights

1 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 21 min

Lake Massapoag–Red Dot Trail, 3 sights is a 1-mile out-and-back in Horizons For Youth near Sharon Heights, MA. The route reaches Lake Massapoag at the turnaround, 0.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi256 – 299 ft1.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.09384, -71.18169
Nearest town Sharon Heights, MA

Directions

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Lake Massapoag–Red Dot Trail, 3 sights

1 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 21 min

Elevation 257–298 ft

Out & Back · Horizons For Youth

Trailhead: 42.09384, -71.18169

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Dot Tr, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Red Dot Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Orange Dot Tr, heading SE.
  7. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 350 ftTurn left onto Blue Dot Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  11. 50 ftReach Lake Massapoag, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 350 ftTurn right onto Orange Dot Tr, heading S.
  15. 100 ftBear right onto Red Dot Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Dot Tr, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

88% dirt1% boardwalk11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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