Brooks Woodland Preserve

Quaker Drive

4.4 mi · ▲ 553 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Quaker Drive is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Brooks Woodland Preserve near Bassets Corner, MA. It climbs 553 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi764 – 1,014 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Quaker Drive 42.47813, -72.15475
Nearest town Bassets Corner, MA

Directions

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Quaker Drive

4.4 mi · ▲ 553 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 764–1,015 ft

Out & Back · Brooks Woodland Preserve

Trailhead: Quaker Drive · 42.47813, -72.15475

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:06 PM

  1. Start on Quaker Drive, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  7. 450 ftTurn left onto Tumbledown East, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Tumbledown North, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 200 ftTurn right onto Jerry's Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
  16. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 1.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  18. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  21. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 100 ftTurn left onto Quaker Drive, heading SE.
  23. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

43% dirt57% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:45 AMSunset 8:06 PM

Sunset

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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