Clutch & Southwest Sauce via Powerlines
6.6 mi · ▲ 339 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Clutch & Southwest Sauce via Powerlines is a 6.6-mile out-and-back near The Springs, MA. It climbs 339 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi121 – 236 ft7.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.73433, -70.47298
Nearest town The Springs, MA
Directions
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Clutch & Southwest Sauce via Powerlines
6.6 mi · ▲ 339 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Elevation 121–238 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.73433, -70.47298
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:41 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Kettle Hole, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Tiny Acorns, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Powerlines, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Southwest Sauce, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Powerlines, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Popple Bottom Road, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Extra Pickles, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Circle the Wagons, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Freeman Cart Path, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Hogies and Grinders, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Clutch, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Freeman Cart Path, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Southwest Sauce, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Clutch, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hogies and Grinders, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Freeman Cart Path, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Circle the Wagons, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Extra Pickles, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Popple Bottom Road, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Powerlines, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Southwest Sauce, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Powerlines, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tiny Acorns, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Kettle Hole, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 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
45% dirt55% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:41 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 6:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Holy Rollers 5.1 mi · ▲ 162 ft
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- Holy Rollers–Just Teasing, 4 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 189 ft
- Extra Pickles & Southwest Sauce via Powerlines 5.8 mi · ▲ 201 ft
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