Quail Ridge Conservation Area & Greeleys Pond
3.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Quail Ridge Conservation Area & Greeleys Pond is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in King Philip’s Rock Lands near East Foxboro, MA. The route passes Greeleys Pond before reaching Quail Ridge Conservation Area at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Quail Ridge Conservation Area & Greeleys Pond
3.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 230–329 ft
Out & Back · King Philip’s Rock Lands
Trailhead: 42.07424, -71.17991
Weather Sep 20: Heavy drizzle, high 61°F / low 50° · precip 63% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Greeleys Pond.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach Quail Ridge Conservation Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive 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 1.6 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 5:45 PM for the 6:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lake Massapoag–King Philip Rock, 4 groves 3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Norfolk County Canoe River Wilderness Area–King Philip Cave, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 169 ft
- King Philip Cave–Greeleys Pond, 3 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Mark's Point–King Philip Cave, 4 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 90 ft
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