AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

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.

Elevation

0 mi7 – 20 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.36922, -71.02817
Nearest town Jeffries Point, MA
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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 Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

Transit-accessible: Opp 345 Maverick St stop 355 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Mary Ellen Welch Greenway, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miBear right onto East Boston Greenway Connector, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  8. 0.4 miPass Orient Heights Beach.
  9. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 200 ftTurn left onto Anthony and Dee Dee Marmo Pedestrian Overpass, heading E.
  13. 150 ftReach Orient Heights Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto East Boston Greenway Connector, heading SW.
  20. 0.2 miBear left onto Mary Ellen Welch Greenway, heading W.
  21. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miArrive 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/orient-heights-beach-out-back-5-km-1447

Trail surface

96% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 8:02 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Opp 345 Maverick St stop 355 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Other ways to reach this destination

Hikes near Jeffries Point, Massachusetts