Quaker Drive
3.5 mi · ▲ 400 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Quaker Drive is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Brooks Woodland Preserve near Bassets Corner, MA. It climbs 400 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Quaker Drive
3.5 mi · ▲ 400 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 764–976 ft
Out & Back · Brooks Woodland Preserve
Trailhead: Quaker Drive · 42.47813, -72.15475
Weather Aug 4: Partly cloudy, high 77°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
- Start on Quaker Drive, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Tumbledown East, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Tumbledown North, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Quaker Drive, heading S.
- 0.4 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 7:18 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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