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Old Colony Rail Trail
Next nearby hike: Forge Hill Trail 19 mi · 31 kmExplore Massachusetts →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov · highs 11–27 °C (52–81 °F)
- J3°-6°96
- F4°-5°95
- M8°-1°127
- A14°4°118
- M19°10°97
- J25°15°105
- J28°18°102
- A27°18°99
- S23°14°100
- O16°8°112
- N11°3°116
- D5°-2°114
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length
- 14 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- Local government
- Data from
- MassGIS (Bureau of Geographic Information)
- Nearest town
- 4.2 km NW of Taunton (Bristol County, Massachusetts) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 41.9278, -71.1243
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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