Red Line Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 385 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Red Line Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Wharton Plantation near East Groton, MA. It climbs 385 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Red Line Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 385 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 196–395 ft
Out & Back · Wharton Plantation
Trailhead: 42.61900, -71.49073
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Red Line Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 7:44 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:04 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:36 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Red Line Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 378 ft
- Upper Massapoag Pond via Cow Pond Brook Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 508 ft
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