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Great Brook Farm State Park

Old Morse Road & Otter Slide Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 40 min

Old Morse Road & Otter Slide Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Great Brook Farm State Park near South Chelmsford, MA. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi184 – 246 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Otter Slide Trail 42.55119, -71.36851
Nearest town South Chelmsford, MA
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Old Morse Road & Otter Slide Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 40 min

Elevation 183–245 ft

Out & Back · Great Brook Farm State Park

Trailhead: Otter Slide Trail · 42.55119, -71.36851

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Otter Slide Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miBear right onto Old Morse Road, heading S.
  3. 0.6 miReach Otter Slide Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.6 miBear left onto Otter Slide Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-morse-road-otter-slide-trail-out-back-3-km-2a5e

Trail surface

85% dirt15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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