Golf Club, alterenate angle - panoramio.jpg
Henry P. Gray · CC BY-SA 3.0

Polpis Bike Path is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Sesachacha Heathlands Wildlife Sanctuary near Sesachacha, MA. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi7 – 82 ft10.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.27006, -69.98296
Nearest town Sesachacha, MA

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Polpis Bike Path

10.1 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 3 hr 25 min

Elevation 6–83 ft

Out & Back · Sesachacha Heathlands Wildlife Sanctuary

Trailhead: 41.27006, -69.98296

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 7:55 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Polpis Bike Path, heading E.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 2.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  15. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 1.5 miSharp left, heading E.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  24. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 0.1 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

43% paved31% dirt2% sand24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 7:55 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:55 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

More sunset hikes nearby

Other ways to reach this destination

More from this trailhead