Riley Conservation Area

South Loop Trail

6 mi · ▲ 363 ft · 2 hr 11 min

South Loop Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Riley Conservation Area near Wampum Rock, MA. It climbs 363 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi203 – 361 ft6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.03044, -71.32846
Nearest town Wampum Rock, MA

Directions

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South Loop Trail

6 mi · ▲ 363 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 205–362 ft

Out & Back · Riley Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.03044, -71.32846

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  3. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  10. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 2 miContinue straight onto South Loop Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 2.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

14% dirt86% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:48 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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