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Plummer Gift

Mountain Laurel Trail–Primary Trail, 3 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 373 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Mountain Laurel Trail–Primary Trail, 3 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Plummer Gift near Clinton, MA. It climbs 373 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi328 – 515 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.41251, -71.66742
Nearest town Clinton, MA
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Mountain Laurel Trail–Primary Trail, 3 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 373 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Elevation 329–515 ft

Out & Back · Plummer Gift

Trailhead: 42.41251, -71.66742

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Allen Road, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miSharp right onto Mountain Laurel Trail, heading N.
  8. 1 miTurn left onto Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Primary Trail, heading NW.
  10. 500 ftTurn right onto Secondary Trail, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Primary Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miReach Mountain Laurel Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Secondary Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Primary Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right onto Mountain Laurel Trail, heading SE.
  17. 1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Allen Road, heading NW.
  20. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mountain-laurel-trail-primary-trail-out-back-3-sights-9-km-d2ec

Trail surface

96% dirt2% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~53 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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