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Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area

Moraine Trail

6.5 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Moraine Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area near North Falmouth Station, MA. It is mostly level, with 191 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi46 – 157 ft8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.63357, -70.60007
Nearest town North Falmouth Station, MA
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Moraine Trail

6.5 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Elevation 46–156 ft

Out & Back · Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 41.63357, -70.60007

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  8. 100 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  9. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Moraine Trail, heading NW.
  12. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  16. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  17. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  18. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  19. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  21. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  22. 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  25. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  27. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  28. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  29. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  30. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  31. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  32. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  33. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  34. 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
  35. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  36. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  37. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  38. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  39. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  40. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  41. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  42. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  43. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  44. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  45. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  46. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  47. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  48. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  49. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  50. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  51. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  52. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  53. 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  54. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  55. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  56. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  57. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  58. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  59. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  60. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/moraine-trail-out-back-10-km-0229

Trail surface

64% dirt1% sand35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:31 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM — 7 min before dark.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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