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Foothills Presereve

Beats Climbing–Couch Potato Loop, 8 sights

5 mi · ▲ 907 ft · 2 hr 7 min

Beats Climbing–Couch Potato Loop, 8 sights is a 5-mile loop in Foothills Presereve near Manomet, MA. It climbs 907 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi26 – 361 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.89858, -70.58332
Nearest town Manomet, MA
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Beats Climbing–Couch Potato Loop, 8 sights

5 mi · ▲ 907 ft · 2 hr 7 min

Elevation 28–362 ft

Loop · Foothills Presereve

Trailhead: 41.89858, -70.58332

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  4. 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Foothills Preserve Path, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading SW.
  9. 350 ftTurn left onto The In Between, heading SW.
  10. 300 ftContinue straight onto Couch Potato, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Beats Climbing, heading W.
  12. 500 ftSharp right onto Knobby, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ridge Run, heading W.
  14. 200 ftTurn left onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Pine Hills Powerlines Alternate, heading W.
  16. 200 ftSharp left, heading E.
  17. 200 ftBear right onto Social Hard, heading E.
  18. 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftSharp left onto Through Traffic, heading SE.
  20. 250 ftTurn right onto Dawn's Light, heading SW.
  21. 350 ftTurn right onto Ultimate Vibrations, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftTurn left onto Dawn's Light, heading SE.
  23. 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 0.7 miSharp right, heading S.
  25. 0.1 miThe loop closes 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/beats-climbing-couch-potato-out-back-8-sights

Trail surface

63% dirt5% gravel32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:59 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~72 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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