Turkey Hill Road & Whitney Spur Rail Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Wompatuck State Park near Nantasket Junction, MA. It climbs 256 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Turkey Hill Road & Whitney Spur Rail Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 256 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 36–181 ft
Out & Back · Wompatuck State Park
Trailhead: 42.23982, -70.85917
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Turkey Hill Lane, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Turkey Hill Road, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Whitney Spur Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 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.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 6:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:05 PM — 7 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 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
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- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 275 ft
- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 6 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Bancroft Trail & Turkey Hill Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 335 ft
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