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Cutler-Spaulding Conservation Area

Pelham Town Beach–Long Trail, 7 sights

4 mi · ▲ 397 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Pelham Town Beach–Long Trail, 7 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Cutler-Spaulding Conservation Area near Varnumtown, MA. The route reaches Pelham Town Beach. It climbs 397 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi157 – 420 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Clifton Trail 42.70436, -71.36291
Nearest town Varnumtown, MA
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Pelham Town Beach–Long Trail, 7 sights

4 mi · ▲ 397 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 157–418 ft

Out & Back · Cutler-Spaulding Conservation Area

Trailhead: Clifton Trail · 42.70436, -71.36291

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Clifton Trail, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Pelham Town Beach.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Phoebe Rock Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Seavey Hill Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto Garden Way, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Spaulding Hill Road Loop, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Skyview Access Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Spaulding Hill Road Loop, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Skyview Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miBear right onto Tower Hill Trail, heading NW.
  12. 500 ftBear left onto Skyview Trail, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftBear right onto Tower Hill Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tower Hill Road, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Long Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.5 miTurn left onto Seavey Hill Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right onto Phoebe Rock Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Clifton Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.1 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/pelham-town-beach-long-trail-out-back-7-sights

Trail surface

88% dirt3% gravel9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 7:15 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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