Back Road–Grindfest, 5 sights
2.4 mi · ▲ 371 ft · 59 min
Back Road–Grindfest, 5 sights is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Beach Park, MA. It climbs 371 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Back Road–Grindfest, 5 sights
2.4 mi · ▲ 371 ft · 59 min
Elevation 59–287 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Back Road · 41.92828, -70.60190
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 63°F / low 51° · precip 64% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
- Start on Back Road, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pick Your Poison, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Back Road, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right onto Cathedral Road, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Back Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pine Hills Powerlines Alternate, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto The Grind, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Grindfest, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left onto The Grind, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Grindfest, heading SW.
- 200 ftReach Pick Your Poison, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right onto The Grind, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Grindfest, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto The Grind, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Pine Hills Powerlines Alternate, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Back Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cathedral Road, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left onto Back Road, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear right onto Pick Your Poison, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Back Road, heading N.
- 0.6 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 0.9 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 1.9 mi · loop · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2.1 mi · loop · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
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