Ocean By-Pass & Plymton Trail via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
5.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Ocean By-Pass & Plymton Trail via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Memorial Forest near Pine Lake, MA. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ocean By-Pass & Plymton Trail via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
5.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 159–248 ft
Out & Back · Memorial Forest
Trailhead: connector · 42.39510, -71.47382
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Patrol Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Fisher Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pipeline Pass, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Plymton Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miReach Ocean By-Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Ocean By-Pass, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Fisher Trail, heading N.
- 1 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 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 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:06 PM — 10 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
- 3 mi · out & back · via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
More from connector Trailhead
- Fisher Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Fisher Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Hill Trail & Pine Garden Trail via Tri-Town Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside 2.8 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- French Road Pond–Ocean By-Pass, 3 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 193 ft
- Ocean By-Pass–Pipeline Pass, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 85 ft
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