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Blue Diamond & Yellow Diamond via Bay Circuit Trail

4.1 mi · ▲ 256 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Blue Diamond & Yellow Diamond via Bay Circuit Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Ashland, MA. It climbs 256 ft. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi236 – 390 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.26848, -71.48743
Nearest town Ashland, MA
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Blue Diamond & Yellow Diamond via Bay Circuit Trail

4.1 mi · ▲ 256 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 236–391 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 42.26848, -71.48743

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading NE.
  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 NW.
  7. 0.6 miTurn left onto Blue Diamond, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 350 ftArrive 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-yellow-diamond-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

23% dirt77% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:27 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:47 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:15 PM.

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