Deer Run Trail & Spruce Camp Road via Jefferson Road

15 mi · ▲ 467 ft · 5 hr 14 min

Deer Run Trail & Spruce Camp Road via Jefferson Road is a 15-mile out-and-back near Forestdale, MA. It climbs 467 ft. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 243 ft15.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.70257, -70.49504
Nearest town Forestdale, MA

Directions

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Deer Run Trail & Spruce Camp Road via Jefferson Road

15 mi · ▲ 467 ft · 5 hr 14 min

Elevation 126–242 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.70257, -70.49504

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto Jefferson Road, heading N.
  6. 2.6 miSharp right onto Spruce Camp Road, heading NW.
  7. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.7 miTurn left onto Marist Street, heading NE.
  10. 1 miBear right, heading NW.
  11. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 350 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading N.
  14. 200 ftBear right onto Smokeys Passage, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miSharp left onto Deer Run Trail, heading E.
  16. 150 ftBear right onto Robins Nest Trail, heading E.
  17. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 500 ftBear left onto Skunk Hollow Trail, heading E.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto Robins Nest Trail, heading E.
  20. 50 ftBear right onto Red Fox Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left onto Deer Run Trail, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miReach Spruce Camp Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right onto Red Fox Trail, heading E.
  24. 0.1 miBear left onto Robins Nest Trail, heading E.
  25. 50 ftBear left onto Skunk Hollow Trail, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftBear right onto Robins Nest Trail, heading SE.
  27. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  28. 400 ftBear left onto Deer Run Trail, heading NW.
  29. 150 ftSharp right onto Smokeys Passage, heading NW.
  30. 0.3 miBear left onto Treeline Trail, heading W.
  31. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  32. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  34. 150 ftBear left onto Marist Street, heading W.
  35. 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  36. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  37. 0.7 miTurn right onto Spruce Camp Road, heading SW.
  38. 0.6 miSharp left onto Jefferson Road, heading SW.
  39. 2.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  40. 0.7 miSharp left, heading S.
  41. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  42. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  43. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

5% dirt95% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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