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Pick Your Poison–Plimoth Access Road, 4 sights

3.7 mi · ▲ 424 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Pick Your Poison–Plimoth Access Road, 4 sights is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near South Pond, MA. It climbs 424 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi39 – 361 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.90848, -70.61737
Nearest town South Pond, MA
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Pick Your Poison–Plimoth Access Road, 4 sights

3.7 mi · ▲ 424 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Elevation 38–360 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.90848, -70.61737

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 84°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  3. 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
  5. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 350 ftBear right onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto The Grind, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miBear right onto Redemption, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto The Grind, heading NE.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Redemption, heading N.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Jammin, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto The Grind, heading N.
  15. 450 ftTurn right onto Prime Time DH, heading NE.
  16. 350 ftBear right onto Pick Your Poison, heading N.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Plimoth Access Road, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miReach The Grind, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Pick Your Poison, heading NE.
  20. 150 ftBear left onto Prime Time DH, heading E.
  21. 350 ftTurn left onto The Grind, heading N.
  22. 450 ftTurn right onto Jammin, heading S.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Redemption, heading S.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto The Grind, heading S.
  25. 150 ftBear right onto Redemption, heading S.
  26. 50 ftBear left onto The Grind, heading SW.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading S.
  28. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  29. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  31. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  32. 400 ftSharp left, heading W.
  33. 0.5 miSharp left, heading SW.
  34. 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  35. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/pick-your-poison-out-back

Trail surface

72% dirt19% gravel9% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 84°F62°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity85%
Rained 0.1″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:59 PM
Wed 84°64°
Thu 89°71°
Fri 96°72° 17%
Sat 93°70° 24%
Sun 92°68° 15%
Mon 95°74°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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