Two Rod Road
6.3 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Two Rod Road is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Estabrook Woods near Plain, MA. It is mostly level, with 189 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi174 – 279 ft6.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.48485, -71.36511
Nearest town Plain, MA
Directions
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Two Rod Road
6.3 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Elevation 175–280 ft
Out & Back · Estabrook Woods
Trailhead: 42.48485, -71.36511
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Estabrook Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Kibby Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Big Pine Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sachs Greenway, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Two Rod Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Sachs Greenway, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Pine Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Kibby Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Estabrook Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
63% dirt37% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:48 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:06 PM — 11 min before dark.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · out & back · via Two Rod Road
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Two Rod Road
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Two Rod Road
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Two Rod Road
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Two Rod Road
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Two Rod Road
- 3.2 mi · out & back · via Two Rod Road
- 3.2 mi · out & back · via Two Rod Road
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- Thoreau Pond–Monument Farm Connector, 3 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Two Rod Road 6 mi · ▲ 189 ft
- Estabrook Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- Estabrook Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 136 ft
- Rockstrom Trail via Estabrook Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 163 ft
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