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Cutler-Spaulding Conservation Area

Gumpas Pond–Pelham Town Beach, 5 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Gumpas Pond–Pelham Town Beach, 5 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Cutler-Spaulding Conservation Area near Varnumtown, MA. The route passes Pelham Town Beach before reaching Gumpas Pond at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 343 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi157 – 420 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Clifton Trail 42.70436, -71.36291
Nearest town Varnumtown, MA
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Gumpas Pond–Pelham Town Beach, 5 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 1 hr 20 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 right onto Long Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tower Hill Road, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Private Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miReach Gumpas Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tower Hill Road, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Long Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left onto Seavey Hill Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right onto Phoebe Rock Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Clifton Trail, heading S.
  15. 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-out-back-5-km-24e0

Trail surface

81% dirt6% gravel13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 7:15 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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