Neal's Trail & You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!! Loop via Cleft Rock DH

2.4 mi · ▲ 266 ft · 56 min

Neal's Trail & You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!! Loop via Cleft Rock DH is a 2.4-mile loop near Priscilla Beach, MA. It climbs 266 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi75 – 345 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Guide Board Road 41.93072, -70.57252
Nearest town Priscilla Beach, MA

Directions

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Neal's Trail & You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!! Loop via Cleft Rock DH

2.4 mi · ▲ 266 ft · 56 min

Elevation 75–345 ft

Loop

Trailhead: Guide Board Road · 41.93072, -70.57252

Weather Sep 20: Heavy drizzle, high 63°F / low 53° · precip 64% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

Transit-accessible: Gellar's stop 745 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on House Lines, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Connector, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Nuclear Powerlines, heading S.
  4. 150 ftTurn right onto Powerhouse, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miBear right onto Neal's Trail, heading W.
  6. 100 ftBear right onto Neal's Alternate, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Neal's Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!!, heading N.
  9. 350 ftContinue straight onto Pine Barrens, heading S.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!!, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miSharp right onto Serious Side Access Road, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Empty Bottle, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Serious Side Access Road, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Empty Bottle, heading N.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto Serious Side Access Road, heading N.
  16. 100 ftTurn right onto Shortcut, heading N.
  17. 150 ftTurn right onto Main Street, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left onto Easy Street, heading NE.
  19. 150 ftTurn right onto Virgin Trail, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tug of War, heading E.
  21. 150 ftTurn left onto Evacuation Route, heading E.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Tug of War, heading E.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  24. 50 ftTurn right onto Nuclear Lobster, heading E.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cleft Rock DH, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left onto Big ScAir, heading E.
  27. 100 ftBear left onto Truly Chicken Strips, heading S.
  28. 100 ftTurn right onto Big ScAir, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn left onto Truly Chicken Strips, heading S.
  30. 300 ftSharp right onto Nuclear Powerlines, heading S.
  31. 250 ftTurn left onto Clubhouse Trail, heading SE.
  32. 0.3 miTurn right onto Guidance, heading NE.
  33. 0.2 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

97% dirt3% gravel

Weather

Heavy drizzleTemperature 63°F53°
Precip64%Wind11 mphUV2Humidity90%
Rained 3″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50° 3 AM: 2% rain4 AM: 11% rain5 AM: 8% rain6 AM: 7% rain7 AM: 1% rain8 AM: 1% rain9 AM: 2% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 8% rain1 PM: 14% rain2 PM: 30% rain3 PM: 62% rain4 PM: 64% rain5 PM: 45% rain6 PM: 35% rain7 PM: 11% rain8 PM: 11% rain9 PM: 10% rain10 PM: 17% rain11 PM: 25% rain
Sunrise 6:28 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:45 PM
Mon 63°58° 49%
Tue 60°56°
Wed 61°57°
Thu 62°57° 25%
Fri 61°56° 49%
Sat 59°56° 48%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 5:58 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Gellar's stop 745 m from the trailhead

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