Back Road–Pick Your Poison, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 345 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Back Road–Pick Your Poison, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back near South Pond, MA. It climbs 345 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi39 – 177 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.91268, -70.61934
Nearest town South Pond, MA

Directions

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Back Road–Pick Your Poison, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 345 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 38–178 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.91268, -70.61934

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 84°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
  4. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 350 ftBear right onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Back Road, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cathedral Road, heading N.
  10. 150 ftBear left onto Back Road, heading N.
  11. 300 ftBear right onto Pick Your Poison, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Back Road, heading NW.
  13. 0.6 miContinue straight onto State Road Fire Road, heading N.
  14. 0.4 miReach Back Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Back Road, heading SW.
  16. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pick Your Poison, heading S.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto Back Road, heading S.
  19. 300 ftBear right onto Cathedral Road, heading S.
  20. 150 ftContinue straight onto Back Road, heading S.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  23. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  26. 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
  27. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

79% dirt8% gravel13% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 84°F62°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity85%
Rained 0.1″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:59 PM
Wed 84°64°
Thu 89°71°
Fri 96°72° 17%
Sat 93°70° 24%
Sun 92°68° 15%
Mon 95°74°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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