Moto DH–Plimoth Backcountry Trail, 4 sights
3.8 mi · ▲ 454 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Moto DH–Plimoth Backcountry Trail, 4 sights is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near South Pond, MA. It climbs 454 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Moto DH–Plimoth Backcountry Trail, 4 sights
3.8 mi · ▲ 454 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 38–361 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.91116, -70.61862
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 64°F / low 50° · precip 65% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear right onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto The Grind, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Redemption, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Jammin, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Redemption, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Jammin, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Moto DH, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Prime Time DH, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Pick Your Poison, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto The Good Connector, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Plimoth Backcountry Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto The Good Part, heading N.
- 100 ftReach The Grind, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Plimoth Backcountry Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto The Good Connector, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pick Your Poison, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Prime Time DH, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Moto DH, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Jammin, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Redemption, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Jammin, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Redemption, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto The Grind, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 5:51 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 1.9 mi · loop · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2.1 mi · loop · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
More from this trailhead
- Back Road–Pick Your Poison, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 345 ft
- Pine Hills Powerlines 2.2 mi · ▲ 172 ft
- Deadwood 2.9 mi · ▲ 171 ft
- Deadwood 2.7 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Function Of Mind–Knobby, 4 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 1,019 ft
- Pine Hills Powerlines 2.2 mi · ▲ 150 ft
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