Red Brook Wildlife Management Area
Signal Hill via White Island Road
9.8 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Signal Hill via White Island Road is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Red Brook Wildlife Management Area near White Island Shores, MA. The route reaches Signal Hill at the turnaround, 4.9 miles in. It climbs 288 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Signal Hill via White Island Road
9.8 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Elevation 30–200 ft
Out & Back · Red Brook Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 41.78633, -70.64152
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Transit-accessible: Tedeschi's stop 112 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto White Island Road, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Signal Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.7 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 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:05 PM — 8 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Tedeschi's stop 112 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Great Herring Pond via White Island Road 12.2 mi · ▲ 253 ft
- Elbow Pond via Sandy Pond Road 10.2 mi · ▲ 169 ft
- White Island Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Little Sandy Pond 6.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- White Island Road 6.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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