Grass Rides Loop is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Appleton Farms Grass Rides near Nancys Corner, MA. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Grass Rides Loop
2.9 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 59 min
Elevation 30–79 ft
Out & Back · Appleton Farms Grass Rides
Trailhead: 42.64416, -70.88029
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 82°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Grass Rides Loop, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 7:33 PM for the 8:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:25 PM — 8 min before dark.
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- Grass Rides Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Grass Rides Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Grass Rides Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Pinnacle Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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