Powerlines & Southwest Sauce

2.4 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 51 min

Powerlines & Southwest Sauce is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Camp Burgess, MA. It is mostly level, with 114 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 203 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Powerlines 41.71151, -70.44517
Nearest town Camp Burgess, MA

Directions

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Powerlines & Southwest Sauce

2.4 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 51 min

Elevation 125–205 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Powerlines · 41.71151, -70.44517

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start on Powerlines, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Southwest Sauce, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miBear left onto Powerlines, heading NW.
  5. 0.7 miReach Southwest Sauce, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Southwest Sauce, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Powerlines, heading E.
  9. 0.3 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

82% dirt18% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 83°F64°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity81%
Rained 0.6″ yesterday · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Wed 83°67° 19%
Thu 85°72°
Fri 89°72°
Sat 88°71°
Sun 86°69°
Mon 89°73°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:38 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:58 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:29 PM.

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