Pine Isle & Sabine River Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Pine Isle & Sabine River Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in The General Field near Ayer, MA. The route reaches Pine Isle at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 169 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pine Isle & Sabine River Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 199–326 ft
Out & Back · The General Field
Trailhead: 42.58647, -71.58709
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 58°F / low 46° · precip 53% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Sabine River Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Pine Isle, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:29 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:49 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:17 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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