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Friends Loop Trail (Orange)–Friends Trail (Yellow), 4 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 550 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Friends Loop Trail (Orange)–Friends Trail (Yellow), 4 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back near West Townsend, MA. It climbs 550 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi564 – 791 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Friends Trail (Yellow) 42.66103, -71.77807
Nearest town West Townsend, MA
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Friends Loop Trail (Orange)–Friends Trail (Yellow), 4 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 550 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Elevation 565–790 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Friends Trail (Yellow) · 42.66103, -71.77807

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

  1. Start on Friends Trail (Yellow), heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Lichen Garden, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 400 ftTurn left onto Group Camp, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rock and Roll, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Friends Loop Trail (Orange), heading N.
  7. 1.1 miReach Friends Trail (Yellow), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.1 miTurn left onto Rock and Roll, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Group Camp, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 400 ftTurn left onto Lichen Garden, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Friends Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
  13. 0.5 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/friends-loop-trail-orange-friends-trail-yellow-out-back-5-sights-8-km

Trail surface

29% dirt71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM

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