Turkey Hill Road & Whitney Spur Rail Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Wompatuck State Park near Nantasket Junction, MA. It is mostly level, with 138 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi36 – 180 ft2.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.23969, -70.85226
Nearest town Nantasket Junction, MA
Directions
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Turkey Hill Road & Whitney Spur Rail Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 42 min
Elevation 36–180 ft
Out & Back · Wompatuck State Park
Trailhead: 42.23969, -70.85226
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 64°F / low 50° · precip 50% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Turkey Hill Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Whitney Spur Rail Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miReach Turkey Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Turkey Hill Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
79% gravel1% dirt20% unspecified
Weather
DrizzleTemperature 64°F50°
Precip50%Wind3 mphUV1Humidity90%
Rained 0.9″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50°
Sunrise 6:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:46 PM
Mon
63°56°
53%
Tue
60°55°
Wed
61°56°
Thu
61°56°
22%
Fri
61°55°
45%
Sat
57°54°
47%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:26 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:46 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:14 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Whitney Spur Rail Trail
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Whitney Spur Rail Trail
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Whitney Spur Rail Trail
- 3.4 mi · out & back · via Whitney Spur Rail Trail
- 4 mi · loop · via Whitney Spur Rail Trail
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Whitney Spur Rail Trail
- 5.1 mi · out & back · via Whitney Spur Rail Trail
- 5.1 mi · out & back · via Whitney Spur Rail Trail
More from this trailhead
- Triphammer Pond & Woodpecker Pond via Whitney Spur Rail Trail 5 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 189 ft
- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Lily Pond–Ayer's Lane, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 221 ft
- Turkey Hill Road 2 mi · ▲ 167 ft
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