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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Jefferson Road, heading N.
- 2.6 miSharp right onto Spruce Camp Road, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Marist Street, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right onto Smokeys Passage, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Deer Run Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Robins Nest Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left onto Skunk Hollow Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Robins Nest Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Red Fox Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Deer Run Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Spruce Camp Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Red Fox Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Robins Nest Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Skunk Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Robins Nest Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left onto Deer Run Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Smokeys Passage, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Treeline Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left onto Marist Street, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Spruce Camp Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Jefferson Road, heading SW.
- 2.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 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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