4x4 trail & LNG Pipeline
4.7 mi · ▲ 600 ft · 1 hr 52 min
4x4 trail & LNG Pipeline is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Gloucester Water Supply Land near West Gloucester, MA. It climbs 600 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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4x4 trail & LNG Pipeline
4.7 mi · ▲ 600 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 17–206 ft
Out & Back · Gloucester Water Supply Land
Trailhead: 42.61852, -70.72191
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:38 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
Transit-accessible: Essex Avenue & Fernald Street stop 523 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left onto LNG Pipeline, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right onto 4x4 trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto 4x4 Ledge Trails, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto 4x4 trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fishbone Connector, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Fishbone, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Caveman, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto LNG Pipeline, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach 4x4 trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Caveman, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left onto Fishbone, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Fishbone Connector, heading SE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto 4x4 trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto 4x4 Ledge Trails, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto 4x4 trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto LNG Pipeline, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 400 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 8:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Essex Avenue & Fernald Street stop 523 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- LNG Pipeline 2 mi · ▲ 324 ft
- LNG Pipeline 2.1 mi · ▲ 392 ft
- Haskell Pond–4x4 trail, 3 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 319 ft
- Dykes Pond & Polaris 2.8 mi · ▲ 235 ft
- Tombstone via LNG Pipeline 4.3 mi · ▲ 534 ft
- Haskell Pond–Bullseye, 4 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 462 ft
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