Moraine Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 314 ft · 59 min
Moraine Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Anna Gordon Moraine Trail near West Falmouth, MA. It climbs 314 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Moraine Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 314 ft · 59 min
Elevation 28–119 ft
Out & Back · Anna Gordon Moraine Trail
Trailhead: 41.60817, -70.62314
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Moraine Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 350 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:38 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:58 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:29 PM.
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More from this trailhead
- Moraine Trail 2 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Moraine Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 314 ft
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