Rabbit Run
6.3 mi · ▲ 605 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Rabbit Run is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Warren Brook Watershed near Axtell Corner, MA. It climbs 605 ft. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rabbit Run
6.3 mi · ▲ 605 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 390–621 ft
Out & Back · Warren Brook Watershed
Trailhead: 42.22230, -71.65483
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Rabbit Run, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 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 1.4 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 7:05 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- Old Hopkinton Spring Trail 8.4 mi · ▲ 829 ft
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