Larrabee & Whiting Estates Conservation Area
Yellow Blaze Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 46 min
Yellow Blaze Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Larrabee & Whiting Estates Conservation Area near Charles River Village, MA. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Yellow Blaze Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 46 min
Elevation 228–345 ft
Out & Back · Larrabee & Whiting Estates Conservation Area
Trailhead: 42.24425, -71.25110
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 62°F / low 49° · precip 47% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Yellow Blaze Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 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 0.6 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 6:09 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Storrow Pond & North Beach 2 mi · ▲ 114 ft
- Powissett Peak–Powissett Pond, 5 beaches 2.6 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Third Iron Co. Pond–Hale Reservation Beach, 4 beaches 2.9 mi · ▲ 278 ft
- Powissett Peak & Shapiro Beach via Yellow Blaze Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Upper Mill Pond & Third Iron Co. Pond via Peabody Loop 2 mi · ▲ 243 ft
- Powissett Pond–South Beach, 5 beaches 2.2 mi · ▲ 218 ft
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