Wright-Nashua River Lot–City of Nashua Land, 7 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Southwest Park near Hollis Depot, NH. The route passes Rail Trail Pond, Frog Pond, Wright-Nashua River Lot and City of Nashua Land. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi174 – 236 ft4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Development Trail 42.70878, -71.51898
Nearest town Hollis Depot, NH
Directions
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Wright-Nashua River Lot–City of Nashua Land, 7 sights
4 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 174–236 ft
Out & Back · Southwest Park
Trailhead: Development Trail · 42.70878, -71.51898
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Development Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Terrell Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Swamp Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Rail Trail Pond.
- 50 ftPass Frog Pond.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Nashua River Rail Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miPass Wright-Nashua River Lot.
- 50 ftPass City of Nashua Land.
- 0.3 miReach Wright-Nashua River Lot, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Swamp Loop, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Terrell Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Development Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
45% paved19% dirt36% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:04 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 7:37 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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