Beach Chair Bluff & Shiftlever
3.3 mi · ▲ 261 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Beach Chair Bluff & Shiftlever is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Gordon College Woods near Beverly Farms, MA. It climbs 261 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beach Chair Bluff & Shiftlever
3.3 mi · ▲ 261 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Elevation 46–141 ft
Out & Back · Gordon College Woods
Trailhead: 42.58830, -70.81683
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Shiftlever, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Beach Chair Bluff, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Shiftlever, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Beach Chair Bluff, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Beach Chair Bluff, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Shiftlever, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 8:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Round Pond & Coy Pond via Quick Zipper 1.9 mi · ▲ 34 ft
- Chebacco Lake–Gravelly Pond, 3 lakes 2.4 mi · ▲ 114 ft
- Coy Pond–Beach Chair Bluff, 4 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 202 ft
- Beach Chair Bluff–Pulpit Rock, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 320 ft
- Gravelly Pond–Coy Pond, 6 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Chebacco Lake–Coy Pond, 6 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 357 ft
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