Rabbit Run
5 mi · ▲ 505 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Rabbit Run is a 5-mile out-and-back in Warren Brook Watershed near Ward Corner, MA. It climbs 505 ft. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi417 – 620 ft5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.22323, -71.64340
Nearest town Ward Corner, MA
Directions
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Rabbit Run
5 mi · ▲ 505 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Elevation 416–621 ft
Out & Back · Warren Brook Watershed
Trailhead: 42.22323, -71.64340
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Rabbit Run, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 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
43% dirt57% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 6:10 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Old Hopkinton Spring Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 733 ft
- Old Hopkinton Spring Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 729 ft
- Rabbit Run 5.3 mi · ▲ 509 ft
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