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Wharton Plantation

Secret Squirrel & Sledgehammer (♦)

7.3 mi · ▲ 317 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Secret Squirrel & Sledgehammer (♦) is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Wharton Plantation near Groton, MA. It climbs 317 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi230 – 315 ft7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.63262, -71.54722
Nearest town Groton, MA
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Secret Squirrel & Sledgehammer (♦)

7.3 mi · ▲ 317 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Elevation 230–316 ft

Out & Back · Wharton Plantation

Trailhead: 42.63262, -71.54722

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SE.
  10. 400 ftTurn right onto Secret Squirrel, heading E.
  11. 0.7 miBear right onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading NW.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right onto Sledgehammer (■), heading N.
  13. 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
  14. 150 ftReach Secret Squirrel, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 250 ftTurn left onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading NW.
  16. 0.5 miBear left onto Secret Squirrel, heading SE.
  17. 0.7 miTurn left onto Dan Parker Road, heading N.
  18. 400 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  19. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  20. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  22. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  23. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  24. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  26. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/burnt-meadow-pond-burnt-meadow-pond-out-back-10-km-e6e4

Trail surface

85% dirt15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 5:24 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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