AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Back Road–Pick Your Poison, 7 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 454 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Back Road–Pick Your Poison, 7 sights is a 2.6-mile out-and-back near Manomet, MA. It climbs 454 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi82 – 371 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lookout Access Road 41.91103, -70.58509
Nearest town Manomet, MA
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Back Road–Pick Your Poison, 7 sights

2.6 mi · ▲ 454 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 80–371 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lookout Access Road · 41.91103, -70.58509

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:59 PM

  1. Start on Lookout Access Road, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miBear left onto Brake Sounds, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Connector, heading W.
  4. 100 ftTurn right onto Long Ridge Road, heading NW.
  5. 300 ftTurn left onto Pine Hills Powerlines Alternate, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right onto The Grind, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftTurn left onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Back Road, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Pick Your Poison, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Riding The Wave, heading NE.
  11. 450 ftTurn left onto Prime Time DH, heading E.
  12. 50 ftSharp right onto Riding The Wave, heading NE.
  13. 150 ftBear right onto Redemption, heading NE.
  14. 250 ftTurn left onto The Grind, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Prime Time DH, heading S.
  16. 350 ftBear right onto Pick Your Poison, heading E.
  17. 200 ftTurn right onto Ridge Run, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Prime Time DH, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Run, heading NE.
  20. 150 ftTurn left onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto Pine Hills Powerlines Alternate, heading S.
  22. 200 ftSharp left, heading S.
  23. 200 ftBear right onto Social Hard, heading S.
  24. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  25. 100 ftBear right onto Lookout Access Road, heading S.
  26. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/back-road-pick-your-poison-out-back-7-sights

Trail surface

68% dirt30% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 82°F63°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV8Humidity74%
Rained 0.2″ yesterday
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:59 PM
Wed 82°64°
Thu 86°71°
Fri 90°71° 16%
Sat 88°70° 23%
Sun 83°68° 15%
Mon 90°73°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:39 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:59 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:30 PM.

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