Backend Trail–Junkyard Dog, 3 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 784 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Backend Trail–Junkyard Dog, 3 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Amethyst Conservation Area near East Village, MA. It climbs 784 ft. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi190 – 889 ft7.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.38691, -72.49814
Nearest town East Village, MA
Directions
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Backend Trail–Junkyard Dog, 3 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 784 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Elevation 189–891 ft
Out & Back · Amethyst Conservation Area
Trailhead: 42.38691, -72.49814
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Middle Access Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Backend Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Middle Access Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Junkyard Dog, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 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
18% dirt82% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · loop · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Robert Frost Trail (Orange)
More from this trailhead
- Robert Frost Trail (Orange) 2.7 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Robert Frost Trail (Orange) 2.7 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Robert Frost Trail (Orange) 2.6 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Robert Frost Trail (Orange) 2.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Middle Access Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 444 ft
- Backend Trail & Middle Access Road via Robert Frost Trail (Orange) 4.9 mi · ▲ 501 ft
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