Riley Conservation Area

South Loop Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 1 hr 40 min

South Loop Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Riley Conservation Area near Wampum Rock, MA. It climbs 325 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi203 – 351 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.02252, -71.32833
Nearest town Wampum Rock, MA

Directions

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South Loop Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 205–350 ft

Out & Back · Riley Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.02252, -71.32833

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  4. 1.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Sunrise Hill Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto South Loop Trail, heading SW.
  8. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 150 ftBear left onto Sunrise Hill Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 1.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 500 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

10% dirt90% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:02 PM

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