AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Rainbow Beach–Hunts Road, 8 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Rainbow Beach–Hunts Road, 8 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back near Hockanum, MA. The route reaches Rainbow Beach. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi108 – 121 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nook Road 42.31148, -72.61915
Nearest town Hockanum, MA
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Rainbow Beach–Hunts Road, 8 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 110–121 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Nook Road · 42.31148, -72.61915

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Transit-accessible: Pleasant St/ Hockanum Rd OB stop 638 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Nook Road, heading NE.
  2. 0.9 miTurn right onto Webbs Hollow Road, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left onto Shepards Road, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Riverbank Road, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miBear right onto Young Rainbow Road, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miReach Rainbow Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miBear left onto Old Ferry Road, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Riverbank Road, heading SW.
  10. 1.7 miPass Rainbow Beach.
  11. 150 ftTurn right onto Walnut Trees Path, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left onto Hunts Road, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Kings Highway, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Nook Road, heading N.
  15. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rainbow-beach-hunts-road-out-back-8-sights

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Pleasant St/ Hockanum Rd OB stop 638 m from the trailhead

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