Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area
Moraine Trail
5 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Moraine Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area near Hatchville, MA. It is mostly level, with 86 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Moraine Trail
5 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 67–144 ft
Out & Back · Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 41.63339, -70.56072
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:43 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 500 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Moraine Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~45 min). Leave by 5:38 PM for the 6:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · out & back · via Moraine Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Moraine Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Moraine Trail
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Moraine Trail
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Moraine Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Moraine Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Moraine Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Moraine Trail
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