Orient Heights Beach via Mary Ellen Welch Greenway
3.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Orient Heights Beach via Mary Ellen Welch Greenway is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Jeffries Point, MA. The route reaches Orient Heights Beach at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Orient Heights Beach via Mary Ellen Welch Greenway
3.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 7–20 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.36922, -71.02817
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 61°F / low 52° · precip 50% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Opp 345 Maverick St stop 355 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mary Ellen Welch Greenway, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right onto East Boston Greenway Connector, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miPass Orient Heights Beach.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Anthony and Dee Dee Marmo Pedestrian Overpass, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Orient Heights Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto East Boston Greenway Connector, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mary Ellen Welch Greenway, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Opp 345 Maverick St stop 355 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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