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Greystone Beach via Marblehead Rail Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near West Town Landing, MA. The route reaches Greystone Beach at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 58 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi23 – 59 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Marblehead Rail Trail 42.49745, -70.87500
Nearest town West Town Landing, MA

Directions

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Greystone Beach via Marblehead Rail Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 22–58 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Marblehead Rail Trail · 42.49745, -70.87500

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:01 PM

Transit-accessible: Humphrey St @ Laurel St stop 588 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Marblehead Rail Trail, heading NE.
  2. 1.5 miReach Greystone Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 1.4 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 8:01 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:35 PM for the 8:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM — 11 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Humphrey St @ Laurel St stop 588 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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