Moraine Trail
5 mi · ▲ 394 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Moraine Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Kettle Holes near West Falmouth, MA. It climbs 394 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi39 – 184 ft6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.61549, -70.60483
Nearest town West Falmouth, MA
Directions
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Moraine Trail
5 mi · ▲ 394 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 38–185 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Holes
Trailhead: 41.61549, -70.60483
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Moraine Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Moraine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, 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
100% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:32 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM — 10 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Spectacle Pond via Moraine Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 296 ft
- Moraine Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 351 ft
- Deer Horn Hill–Mt. Zig, 4 summits 7.3 mi · ▲ 808 ft
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