Buckboard Trail & Long Trail via social trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 279 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Buckboard Trail & Long Trail via social trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Adams Property near Westford Station, MA. It climbs 279 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Buckboard Trail & Long Trail via social trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 279 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 161–321 ft
Out & Back · Adams Property
Trailhead: social trail · 42.58864, -71.42612
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start on social trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Old Salem Post Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Long Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Buckboard Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Long Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Salem Post Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto social trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 7:04 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Abott Conservation Area & social trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 206 ft
- social trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 193 ft
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- Long Trail via social trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 369 ft
- High Point–Buckboard Trail, 4 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 279 ft
- Buckboard Trail–Long Trail, 3 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 306 ft
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