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Electric Avenue Beach–Taylors Point Beach, 3 beaches is a 6.9-mile out-and-back near Bournedale, MA. The route passes Taylors Point Beach before reaching Electric Avenue Beach at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 62 ft7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.76342, -70.57102
Nearest town Bournedale, MA

Directions

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Electric Avenue Beach–Taylors Point Beach, 3 beaches

6.9 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Elevation 1–62 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.76342, -70.57102

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Bournedale Hills Trail, heading S.
  3. 50 ftSharp left onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading SW.
  4. 1.9 miSharp left, heading W.
  5. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 400 ftBear left onto Canal Street, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftPass Taylors Point Beach.
  8. 350 ftReach Electric Avenue Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
  10. 400 ftTurn left onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading NW.
  11. 1 miSharp left, heading E.
  12. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  13. 1.9 miSharp right onto Bournedale Hills Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

85% paved10% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 82°F63°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity82%
Rained 0.7″ yesterday (0.9″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Wed 81°66°
Thu 85°73°
Fri 86°73°
Sat 86°72° 16%
Sun 90°69°
Mon 88°74°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~83 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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