Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
Thanksgiving Pond & Track Road/Assabet River Rail Trail Easement
3 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Thanksgiving Pond & Track Road/Assabet River Rail Trail Easement is a 3-mile out-and-back in Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge near Lower Village, MA. The route reaches Thanksgiving Pond. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Thanksgiving Pond & Track Road/Assabet River Rail Trail Easement
3 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Elevation 177–244 ft
Out & Back · Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
Trailhead: 42.42410, -71.47096
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Thanksgiving Pond.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.5 miReach Thanksgiving Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 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 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:35 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM — 9 min before dark.
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- Thanksgiving Pond–Harry's Way, 6 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 278 ft
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