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Pleasure Bay Beach & Old Harbor Reservation Beach via Boston HarborWalk is a 2-mile out-and-back in Old Harbor Reservation near City Point, MA. The route passes Pleasure Bay Beach and Old Harbor Reservation Beach. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 13 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Boston HarborWalk 42.33302, -71.02304
Nearest town City Point, MA

Directions

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Pleasure Bay Beach & Old Harbor Reservation Beach via Boston HarborWalk

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Elevation -1–15 ft

Out & Back · Old Harbor Reservation

Trailhead: Boston HarborWalk · 42.33302, -71.02304

Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 61°F / low 52° · precip 50% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

Transit-accessible: Columbia Rd @ Farragut Rd stop 172 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Boston HarborWalk, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Pleasure Bay Beach.
  3. 0.7 miPass Old Harbor Reservation Beach.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miReach Pleasure Bay Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  9. 0.7 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

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 61°F52°
Precip50%Wind7 mphUV1Humidity86%
Rained 1.1″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50° 4 AM: 1% rain6 AM: 7% rain7 AM: 1% rain8 AM: 2% rain9 AM: 2% rain10 AM: 4% rain11 AM: 4% rain12 PM: 21% rain1 PM: 32% rain2 PM: 46% rain3 PM: 44% rain4 PM: 50% rain5 PM: 19% rain6 PM: 40% rain7 PM: 17% rain8 PM: 20% rain9 PM: 15% rain10 PM: 13% rain11 PM: 27% rain
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:47 PM
Mon 65°56° 59%
Tue 59°53°
Wed 60°57°
Thu 60°56° 21%
Fri 63°57° 42%
Sat 59°55° 46%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 6:09 PM for the 6:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Columbia Rd @ Farragut Rd stop 172 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead