Magenta Trail & Orange Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 237 ft · 57 min
Magenta Trail & Orange Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back near Hopedale, MA. It is mostly level, with 237 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Magenta Trail & Orange Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 237 ft · 57 min
Elevation 364–498 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.13367, -71.57382
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Magenta Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach Orange Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Orange Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:29 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:49 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:17 PM.
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More from this trailhead
- Orange Trail–The Road Less Traveled, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 336 ft
- Magenta Trail–Orange Trail, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 299 ft
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