AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Blue Hills Reservation

Red Dot Loop

4 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Red Dot Loop is a 4-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Five Corners, MA. It climbs 585 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi105 – 466 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.22470, -71.03623
Nearest town Five Corners, MA
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Red Dot Loop

4 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 105–465 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: 42.22470, -71.03623

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

Transit-accessible: Granite St @ Wood Rd stop 360 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Dot Loop, heading W.
  9. 350 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  14. 0.5 miSharp left, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  17. 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/red-dot-loop-out-back-6-km-7715

Trail surface

70% dirt30% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Granite St @ Wood Rd stop 360 m from the trailhead

Other ways to reach this destination

Hikes near Five Corners, Massachusetts