Pinnacle via Warner Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 420 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Pinnacle via Warner Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Wampum Corner, MA. The route reaches Pinnacle at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 420 ft. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pinnacle via Warner Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 420 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 268–396 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.04344, -71.34205
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Warner Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Pinnacle, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 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 7:42 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:02 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:33 PM.
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