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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

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
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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 Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:59 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/pilgrim-shorefront-out-back-5-km-28cd

Trail surface

97% dirt3% gravel

Weather

OvercastTemperature 82°F64°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity78%
Rained 0.1″ yesterday (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:59 PM
Wed 82°65°
Thu 86°72°
Fri 91°72° 16%
Sat 89°71° 23%
Sun 84°69° 15%
Mon 91°74°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 7:13 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 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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