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Blue Diamond–Green Diamond, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 346 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Blue Diamond–Green Diamond, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back near Ashland, MA. It climbs 346 ft. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi236 – 390 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.26887, -71.48952
Nearest town Ashland, MA
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Blue Diamond–Green Diamond, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 346 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 236–391 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 42.26887, -71.48952

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Green Diamond, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.7 miSharp left onto Red Diamond, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Diamond, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Red Diamond, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miReach Green Diamond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.9 miTurn left onto Blue Diamond, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 1 miTurn left onto Green Diamond, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.2 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/blue-diamond-green-diamond-out-back-4-sights-8-km

Trail surface

26% dirt74% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 6:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:04 PM — 11 min before dark.

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