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Pipeline Trail & Red Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Pipeline Trail & Red Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Hopedale, MA. It climbs 439 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi272 – 554 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: The Parklands Purple Trail 42.14857, -71.55617
Nearest town Hopedale, MA
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Pipeline Trail & Red Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 273–554 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: The Parklands Purple Trail · 42.14857, -71.55617

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

  1. Start on The Parklands Purple Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto The Parklands Blue Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading W.
  4. 200 ftBear left onto Red Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Pipeline Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.9 miReach Red Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  9. 1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.5 miSharp left onto Brown Trail, heading SE.
  12. 450 ftBear left onto The Parklands Blue Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.8 miBear left onto The Parklands Purple Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 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/pipeline-trail-red-trail-out-back-9-km-0bc5

Trail surface

25% dirt75% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 5:24 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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