Memorial Forest

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.

Elevation

0 mi157 – 249 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 42.39510, -71.47382
Nearest town Pine Lake, MA

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 100 ftTurn right onto Patrol Road, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right onto Fisher Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miTurn right onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Pipeline Pass, heading S.
  11. 0.6 miTurn left onto Plymton Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.7 miReach Ocean By-Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.7 miTurn right onto Ocean By-Pass, heading W.
  14. 0.6 miTurn right onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fisher Trail, heading N.
  17. 1 miBear left, heading N.
  18. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

60% dirt9% paved31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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