Polpis Bike Path is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Middle Moors near Sesachacha, MA. It is mostly level, with 141 ft of elevation gain. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Polpis Bike Path
9.5 mi · ▲ 141 ft · 3 hr 14 min
Elevation 6–94 ft
Out & Back · Middle Moors
Trailhead: 41.28419, -70.00110
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right onto Polpis Bike Path, heading E.
- 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:35 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:55 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:26 PM.
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