Turkey Hill Road is a 2-mile out-and-back in Whitney & Thayer Woods near Nantasket Junction, MA. It is mostly level, with 167 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Turkey Hill Road
2 mi · ▲ 167 ft · 45 min
Elevation 38–156 ft
Out & Back · Whitney & Thayer Woods
Trailhead: 42.23931, -70.85423
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Turkey Hill Road, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 500 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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Weather
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
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Triphammer Pond & Woodpecker Pond via Whitney Spur Rail Trail 5 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Prospect Hill via Whitney Spur Rail Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 284 ft
- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 189 ft
- Turkey Hill Road & Whitney Spur Rail Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 191 ft
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