Rattlesnake Hill & Friends Trail (Yellow)
4.5 mi · ▲ 508 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Rattlesnake Hill & Friends Trail (Yellow) is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near West Townsend, MA. The route reaches Rattlesnake Hill. It climbs 508 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi525 – 830 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Friends Trail (Yellow) 42.66103, -71.77807
Nearest town West Townsend, MA
Directions
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Rattlesnake Hill & Friends Trail (Yellow)
4.5 mi · ▲ 508 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 526–831 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Friends Trail (Yellow) · 42.66103, -71.77807
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
- Start on Friends Trail (Yellow), heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Rattlesnake, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Rattlesnake Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Friends (Yellow) Downhill, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Friends Trail (Yellow), heading NW.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
7% dirt93% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:05 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Friends Trail (Yellow)–Pearl Hill Brook Trail, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 444 ft
- Friends Loop Trail (Orange)–Friends Trail (Yellow), 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 550 ft
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