Red Line Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 378 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Red Line Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Wharton Plantation near East Groton, MA. It climbs 378 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Red Line Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 378 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 210–395 ft
Out & Back · Wharton Plantation
Trailhead: 42.61900, -71.49073
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Line Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 500 ftArrive 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 6:28 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:49 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:17 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 2.2 mi · loop · via Red Line Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Red Line Trail
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- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Red Line Trail
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- 3.4 mi · out & back · via Red Line Trail
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Red Line Trail
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- Red Line Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 385 ft
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