Red Line Trail
3 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Red Line Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Wharton Plantation near East Groton, MA. It is mostly level, with 170 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Red Line Trail
3 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 196–311 ft
Out & Back · Wharton Plantation
Trailhead: 42.61363, -71.49429
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Red Line Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:44 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:04 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:36 PM.
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More from this trailhead
- Red Line Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Upper Massapoag Pond & Hells Gate (♦♦) 4.7 mi · ▲ 614 ft
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