Higher Up & Super D via Pine Hills Powerlines
3.7 mi · ▲ 378 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Higher Up & Super D via Pine Hills Powerlines is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Priscilla Beach, MA. It climbs 378 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Higher Up & Super D via Pine Hills Powerlines
3.7 mi · ▲ 378 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 33–326 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Guideboard Ballfield · 41.92887, -70.56838
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Transit-accessible: Gellar's stop 550 m from the trailhead
- Start on Guideboard Ballfield, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto House Lines, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Connector, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Nuclear Powerlines, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Powerhouse, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading SE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Man Eater, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Super D, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Higher Up, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Through Traffic, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lookout Access Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Super D, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Through Traffic, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Higher Up, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Super D, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Man Eater, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left onto State Road Connector, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Nuclear Powerlines, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Connector, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto House Lines, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Guideboard Ballfield, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 5:37 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Gellar's stop 550 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 1.9 mi · loop · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2.1 mi · loop · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Pine Hills Powerlines
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