Beach Chair Bluff–Cheever Commons Loop, 4 sights
3.7 mi · ▲ 311 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Beach Chair Bluff–Cheever Commons Loop, 4 sights is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Manchester Essex Woods near Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. It climbs 311 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beach Chair Bluff–Cheever Commons Loop, 4 sights
3.7 mi · ▲ 311 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 51–141 ft
Out & Back · Manchester Essex Woods
Trailhead: Old Manchester-Essex Road · 42.59277, -70.78018
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
- Start on Old Manchester-Essex Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Cheever Commons Loop, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Ancient Line Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Cheever Commons Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ancient Line Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Spruce Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right onto Shiftlever, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Beach Chair Bluff, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Shiftlever, heading SE.
- 300 ftReach Cheever Commons Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Beach Chair Bluff, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Shiftlever, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Spruce Swamp Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ancient Line Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cheever Commons Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ancient Line Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Cheever Commons Loop, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 5:44 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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