Extra Pickles & Southwest Sauce via Powerlines

5.8 mi · ▲ 201 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Extra Pickles & Southwest Sauce via Powerlines is a 5.8-mile out-and-back near The Springs, MA. It is mostly level, with 201 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi135 – 236 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.73433, -70.47298
Nearest town The Springs, MA

Directions

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Extra Pickles & Southwest Sauce via Powerlines

5.8 mi · ▲ 201 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 135–238 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.73433, -70.47298

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:41 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  9. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Kettle Hole, heading E.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Tiny Acorns, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miSharp left onto Powerlines, heading SW.
  15. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto Southwest Sauce, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Powerlines, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Popple Bottom Road, heading SE.
  19. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftTurn left onto Extra Pickles, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftReach Southwest Sauce, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Popple Bottom Road, heading E.
  24. 150 ftTurn left onto Powerlines, heading E.
  25. 50 ftBear left onto Southwest Sauce, heading E.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  27. 0.2 miBear left onto Powerlines, heading E.
  28. 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
  29. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tiny Acorns, heading W.
  30. 250 ftTurn left onto Kettle Hole, heading NW.
  31. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  32. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  33. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  34. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  36. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  38. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  39. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  40. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

49% dirt51% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 5:59 PM for the 6:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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