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.
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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 Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
- Start on The Parklands Purple Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto The Parklands Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left onto Red Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Pipeline Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Red Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Brown Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left onto The Parklands Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto The Parklands Purple Trail, heading E.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~66 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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More from The Parklands Purple Trail Trailhead
- The Parklands Blue Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Red Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 142 ft
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