Valley Bars Road Loop via Town Forest Trail
2 mi · ▲ 66 ft · 42 min
Valley Bars Road Loop via Town Forest Trail is a 2-mile loop in Town Forest near North Pocasset, MA. It is mostly level, with 66 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Valley Bars Road Loop via Town Forest Trail
2 mi · ▲ 66 ft · 42 min
Elevation 31–90 ft
Loop · Town Forest
Trailhead: Dark Side of the Sun · 41.70952, -70.59009
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
- Start on Run for the Border, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Town Forest Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pine Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Single Use, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Sunny Side, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Run for the Border, heading E.
- 450 ftThe loop closes 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:13 PM.
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More from Dark Side of the Sun Trailhead
- East West Double Track & Pine Trail Loop via Town Forest Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft
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