Polpis Bike Path
5.4 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Polpis Bike Path is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Middle Moors near Surfside, MA. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Polpis Bike Path
5.4 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 29–70 ft
Out & Back · Middle Moors
Trailhead: 41.25815, -70.08321
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 6:41 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old South Bike Path, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Polpis Bike Path, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Old South Bike Path, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, 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.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:21 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:41 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:09 PM.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Polpis Bike Path
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Polpis Bike Path
- 3.3 mi · out & back · via Polpis Bike Path
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Polpis Bike Path
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Polpis Bike Path
- 4.5 mi · loop · via Polpis Bike Path
- 4.5 mi · out & back · via Polpis Bike Path
- 4.6 mi · loop · via Polpis Bike Path
More from this trailhead
- Old South Bike Path 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Old South Bike Path 4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Old South Bike Path 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Old South Bike Path 3.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Old South Bike Path 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Old South Bike Path 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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