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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: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Turkey Hill Road, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Whitney Spur Rail Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.6 miReach Turkey Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Turkey Hill Road, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 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

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 6:46 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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