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Red Brook Wildlife Management Area

Tarkiln Hill & Sandy Pond via White Island Road

13.5 mi · ▲ 196 ft · 4 hr 36 min

Tarkiln Hill & Sandy Pond via White Island Road is a 13.5-mile out-and-back in Red Brook Wildlife Management Area near Bournedale, MA. The route passes Tarkiln Hill before reaching Sandy Pond at the turnaround, 6.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 196 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi13 – 115 ft15.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.76120, -70.57967
Nearest town Bournedale, MA
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Tarkiln Hill & Sandy Pond via White Island Road

13.5 mi · ▲ 196 ft · 4 hr 36 min

Elevation 13–116 ft

Out & Back · Red Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 41.76120, -70.57967

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:41 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  3. 450 ftTurn left onto Heather Hill Road, heading W.
  4. 200 ftTurn right onto Tanager Lane, heading N.
  5. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  7. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  8. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 300 ftSharp left, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  12. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  20. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  22. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 100 ftTurn right onto White Island Road, heading W.
  29. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  30. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  31. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  32. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  33. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  35. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  36. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  37. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  38. 0.4 miPass Tarkiln Hill.
  39. 0.8 miSharp right, heading SW.
  40. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  41. 0.2 miPass Sandy Pond.
  42. 300 ftReach Tarkiln Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  43. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  44. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  45. 1.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  46. 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
  47. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  48. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  49. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  50. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  51. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  52. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  53. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  54. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  55. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  56. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  57. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  58. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  59. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  60. 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  61. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  62. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  63. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  64. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  65. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  66. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  67. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  68. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  69. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  70. 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
  71. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  72. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  73. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  74. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  75. 100 ftBear left onto Tanager Lane, heading SE.
  76. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  77. 200 ftTurn left onto Heather Hill Road, heading SE.
  78. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  79. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  80. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/nightingale-pond-nightingale-pond-out-back-20-km

Trail surface

21% dirt79% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~123 min). Leave by 4:18 PM for the 6:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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