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Brightman Path–Copicut Hill, 7 sights is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Freetown-Fall River State Forest near Fighting Rock Corner, MA. It climbs 330 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi138 – 289 ft13.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.75805, -71.07189
Nearest town Fighting Rock Corner, MA

Directions

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Brightman Path–Copicut Hill, 7 sights

13.6 mi · ▲ 330 ft · 4 hr 42 min

Elevation 139–288 ft

Out & Back · Freetown-Fall River State Forest

Trailhead: 41.75805, -71.07189

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 1.2 miSharp left onto Grinnel Path, heading S.
  7. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 1.1 miTurn left onto Powerline Parrallel, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Copicut Hill, heading E.
  10. 1.8 miTurn right onto Horseshoe Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 450 ftContinue straight onto Shockley Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Indian Turn Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Brightman Path, heading W.
  15. 0.6 miReach Grinnel Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Indian Turn Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left onto Shockley Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left onto Horseshoe Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.8 miTurn left onto Copicut Hill, heading S.
  20. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Powerline Parrallel, heading NW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Grinnel Path, heading N.
  22. 1.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  23. 1.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  27. 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

62% dirt38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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