Friends Trail (Yellow)–Lichen Garden, 4 sights
6 mi · ▲ 695 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Friends Trail (Yellow)–Lichen Garden, 4 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back near West Townsend, MA. It climbs 695 ft. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi525 – 804 ft6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.66801, -71.77932
Nearest town West Townsend, MA
Directions
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Friends Trail (Yellow)–Lichen Garden, 4 sights
6 mi · ▲ 695 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Elevation 526–803 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.66801, -71.77932
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Friends Loop Trail (Orange), heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Rock and Roll, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Group Camp, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Lichen Garden, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Friends Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Friends (Yellow) Downhill, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Rattlesnake, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Wares Waldo West, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wares Waldo East, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wares Waldo West, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Wares Waldo East, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Rattlesnake, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Friends Trail (Yellow), heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lichen Garden, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Group Camp, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rock and Roll, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Friends Loop Trail (Orange), heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
20% dirt80% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM
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- Lichen Garden–Rattlesnake, 3 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 365 ft
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