Packard Pond via Red Tail Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 419 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Packard Pond via Red Tail Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Callahan State Park near Nobscot, MA. The route reaches Packard Pond at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 419 ft. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi253 – 436 ft3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.33694, -71.47727
Nearest town Nobscot, MA
Directions
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Packard Pond via Red Tail Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 419 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 253–436 ft
Out & Back · Callahan State Park
Trailhead: 42.33694, -71.47727
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Tail Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Wren Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Blue Jay Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pipeline, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Packard Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftReach Packard Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Pipeline, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Blue Jay Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wren Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Tail Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
54% dirt46% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM
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- Red Tail Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 258 ft
- Red Tail Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 267 ft
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