Orient Heights Beach & Mary Ellen Welch Greenway
3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Orient Heights Beach & Mary Ellen Welch Greenway is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Orient Heights, MA. The route reaches Orient Heights Beach. 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 & Mary Ellen Welch Greenway
3.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 3–20 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.38282, -71.01200
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
Transit-accessible: Bennington St @ Westbrook St stop 210 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Orient Heights Beach.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto East Boston Greenway Connector, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mary Ellen Welch Greenway, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftReach Orient Heights Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto East Boston Greenway Connector, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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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- Transit-accessible: Bennington St @ Westbrook St stop 210 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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