Pasture Road
2.5 mi · ▲ 190 ft · 56 min
Pasture Road is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Nelson Memorial Forest near North Marshfield, MA. It is mostly level, with 190 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pasture Road
2.5 mi · ▲ 190 ft · 56 min
Elevation 7–126 ft
Out & Back · Nelson Memorial Forest
Trailhead: 42.14411, -70.77642
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Rock Road, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Pasture Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Pasture Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Rock Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:36 PM for the 8:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- Rock Road 2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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