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Richard Emmet Conservation Land

NARA Park Beach & Yellow via Nashua Acton & Boston Railroad Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 36 min

NARA Park Beach & Yellow via Nashua Acton & Boston Railroad Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Richard Emmet Conservation Land near Village of Nagog Woods, MA. The route reaches NARA Park Beach. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 246 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.53378, -71.43766
Nearest town Village of Nagog Woods, MA
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NARA Park Beach & Yellow via Nashua Acton & Boston Railroad Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 167–244 ft

Out & Back · Richard Emmet Conservation Land

Trailhead: 42.53378, -71.43766

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  8. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  9. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Nashua Acton & Boston Railroad Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miPass NARA Park Beach.
  15. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left onto Red, heading SE.
  17. 100 ftTurn right onto Yellow, heading SE.
  18. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 300 ftBear left onto Blue, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 350 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading W.
  22. 50 ftReach NARA Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 350 ftTurn left onto Blue, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  26. 300 ftTurn right onto Yellow, heading W.
  27. 450 ftTurn left onto Red, heading W.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  29. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  30. 0.5 miTurn left onto Nashua Acton & Boston Railroad Trail, heading NW.
  31. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  34. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  35. 250 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  38. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  39. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  40. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  41. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/nara-park-beach-yellow-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

73% dirt4% paved23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:38 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM — 12 min before dark.

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