Ash Path
2.5 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Ash Path is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Breakheart Reservation near Greenwood, MA. It climbs 358 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ash Path
2.5 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 98–237 ft
Out & Back · Breakheart Reservation
Trailhead: 42.49431, -71.04802
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Farm St @ Nahant St - Wakefield HS stop 369 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Ash Path, heading S.
- 250 ftReach Ash Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 6:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:12 PM — 4 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Farm St @ Nahant St - Wakefield HS stop 369 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Ash Hill–Rocky Hill, 6 summits 3.5 mi · ▲ 541 ft
- Pearce Lake–Silver Lake, 5 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 587 ft
- Breakheart Hill–Pearce Lake, 5 lakes 3.4 mi · ▲ 576 ft
- Eagle Rock–Pearce Lake, 5 beaches 2.2 mi · ▲ 293 ft
- Crow Hill & Ridge Trail 1 mi · ▲ 150 ft
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