South Loop Trail
8.5 mi · ▲ 486 ft · 3 hr 5 min
South Loop Trail is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Riley Conservation Area near Wampum Rock, MA. It climbs 486 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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South Loop Trail
8.5 mi · ▲ 486 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Elevation 205–362 ft
Out & Back · Riley Conservation Area
Trailhead: 42.03490, -71.33206
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 61°F / low 50° · precip 69% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sunrise Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto South Loop Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left onto Sunrise Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 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 1.2 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 5:58 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- 5 mi · out & back · via South Loop Trail
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