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Nickerson Walking Woods Preserve

Back-of-the-Hill Trail & Outer Loop Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Back-of-the-Hill Trail & Outer Loop Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Nickerson Walking Woods Preserve near Chartley, MA. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi108 – 135 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Overgrown Trail 41.95150, -71.23864
Nearest town Chartley, MA
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Back-of-the-Hill Trail & Outer Loop Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Elevation 108–134 ft

Out & Back · Nickerson Walking Woods Preserve

Trailhead: Overgrown Trail · 41.95150, -71.23864

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

  1. Start on Overgrown Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miBear left onto Flooded Trail, heading SW.
  3. 450 ftTurn right onto Back-of-the-Hill Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 450 ftBear right onto Outer Loop Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miReach Back-of-the-Hill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  9. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 1 miTurn left onto Back-of-the-Hill Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Flooded Trail, heading E.
  12. 450 ftBear right onto Overgrown Trail, heading NE.
  13. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/back-of-the-hill-trail-out-back

Trail surface

55% gravel20% dirt25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 5:51 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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