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Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint via Southwick Rail Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 145 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint via Southwick Rail Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Hosmer Corner, MA. The route reaches Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 145 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi128 – 226 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.07360, -72.74252
Nearest town Hosmer Corner, MA
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Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint via Southwick Rail Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 145 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 130–226 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 42.07360, -72.74252

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, heading N.
  6. 1.2 miReach Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.9 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  10. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/columbia-greenway-rail-viewpoint-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

85% paved8% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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