Bay Circuit Trail & Discover Hamilton Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Appleton Farms Grass Rides near South Hamilton, MA. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi30 – 89 ft5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.61636, -70.87152
Nearest town South Hamilton, MA
Directions
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Bay Circuit Trail & Discover Hamilton Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 29–89 ft
Out & Back · Appleton Farms Grass Rides
Trailhead: 42.61636, -70.87152
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Discover Hamilton Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Grass Rides Loop, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto C.L.A. Mile, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Grass Rides Loop, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Discover Hamilton Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto C.L.A. Mile, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Grass Rides Loop, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Discover Hamilton Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 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 surface
64% dirt36% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:09 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · loop · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 1.9 mi · loop · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
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- Bay Circuit Trail & Discover Hamilton Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 113 ft
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