Red Dot Loop
3.6 mi · ▲ 605 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Red Dot Loop is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Five Corners, MA. It climbs 605 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi148 – 466 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.22180, -71.03901
Nearest town Five Corners, MA
Directions
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Red Dot Loop
3.6 mi · ▲ 605 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 149–465 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.22180, -71.03901
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Transit-accessible: 262 Forbes Road stop 518 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Dot Loop, heading W.
- 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 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
67% dirt33% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:45 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 262 Forbes Road stop 518 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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