Extra Pickles & Southwest Sauce via Powerlines

5 mi · ▲ 230 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Extra Pickles & Southwest Sauce via Powerlines is a 5-mile out-and-back near The Springs, MA. It is mostly level, with 230 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi135 – 236 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.71995, -70.47461
Nearest town The Springs, MA

Directions

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Extra Pickles & Southwest Sauce via Powerlines

5 mi · ▲ 230 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 135–238 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.71995, -70.47461

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  5. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Kettle Hole, heading E.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Tiny Acorns, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left onto Powerlines, heading SW.
  12. 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Southwest Sauce, heading E.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Powerlines, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Popple Bottom Road, heading E.
  16. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Extra Pickles, heading E.
  18. 50 ftReach Southwest Sauce, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  20. 100 ftTurn right onto Popple Bottom Road, heading E.
  21. 150 ftTurn left onto Powerlines, heading E.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Southwest Sauce, heading E.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  24. 0.2 miBear left onto Powerlines, heading N.
  25. 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
  26. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tiny Acorns, heading W.
  27. 250 ftTurn left onto Kettle Hole, heading W.
  28. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  29. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  30. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  31. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  32. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  34. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:32 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM — 10 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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