Red Trail via Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Fruitlands Museum near Harvard Station, MA. It is mostly level, with 228 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi240 – 397 ft4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Prospect Hill Primary Trail (yellow blazes) 42.51424, -71.60260
Nearest town Harvard Station, MA
Directions
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Red Trail via Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 228 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 240–399 ft
Out & Back · Fruitlands Museum
Trailhead: Prospect Hill Primary Trail (yellow blazes) · 42.51424, -71.60260
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start on Prospect Hill Primary Trail (yellow blazes), heading E.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Feltus Trail, heading NE.
- 2 miSharp left onto Red Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Red Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading SW.
- 1.8 miBear right onto Feltus Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Prospect Hill Primary Trail (yellow blazes), heading SW.
- 50 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 5:59 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 4.3 mi · out & back · via Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail
More from Prospect Hill Primary Trail (yellow blazes) Trailhead
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