Secret Squirrel & Sledgehammer (■) via Sledgehammer (♦)
2.9 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Secret Squirrel & Sledgehammer (■) via Sledgehammer (♦) is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Wharton Plantation near East Groton, MA. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Secret Squirrel & Sledgehammer (■) via Sledgehammer (♦)
2.9 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 242–316 ft
Out & Back · Wharton Plantation
Trailhead: 42.61914, -71.52274
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sledgehammer (■), heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Secret Squirrel, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Sledgehammer (■), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Sledgehammer (■), heading SW.
- 0.3 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Burnt Meadow Pond–Burnt Meadow Trail, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- Indian Rock Trail–Secret Squirrel, 3 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 280 ft
- Indian Rock–Boulders Trail, 4 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 253 ft
- Baddacook Pond–Secret Squirrel, 3 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 340 ft
- Massapoag Pond–Lower Massapoag Pond, 4 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 684 ft
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