Piper Farm–Blood Donor / Night Owl, 6 sights is a 9.9-mile out-and-back near Cold Spring, MA. The route reaches Piper Farm. It climbs 358 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi371 – 525 ft11.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.25500, -72.37271
Nearest town Cold Spring, MA
Directions
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Piper Farm–Blood Donor / Night Owl, 6 sights
9.9 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Elevation 370–526 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.25500, -72.37271
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Crankie Caddie, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Out of Bounds, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto The Wedge/Ridge Line, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right onto Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Blood Donor / Night Owl, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Mulligan, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ghost Train, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miPass Piper Farm.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Mass Central Rail Trail (proposed), heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Piper Farm, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mass Central Rail Trail (proposed), heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Mass Central Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Ghost Train, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mulligan, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Blood Donor / Night Owl, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left onto The Wedge/Ridge Line, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Out of Bounds, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Crankie Caddie, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
74% dirt26% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 79°F61°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity86%
Rained 3.1″ yesterday (5.7″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:46 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:07 PM
Wed
79°63°
Thu
88°68°
51%
Fri
93°70°
39%
Sat
92°69°
40%
Sun
93°65°
15%
Mon
93°69°
19%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:37 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:29 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Out of Bounds 2.2 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Massachusetts Central Rail Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Blood Donor / Night Owl–Ghost Train, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Swift River Reservoir–Central Massachusetts Branch, 3 sights 8.8 mi · ▲ 471 ft
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