Best hikes in Briar Swamp
Ambleway maps 20 hikes in Briar Swamp, from a 2.4-mile walk to a 10-mile day out. 3 of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Squam Path. The biggest climb is Pigeon Hill–Cape Pond, 10 lakes, gaining 444 ft, and the network tops out at 203 ft. 6 start within walking range of public transit.
- Squam Path 2.4 mi · ▲ 65 ft
- Johnson Pit Quarry & Bad Dog 2.4 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Barker Co Quarries–Bay State Quarry, 6 lakes 3.1 mi · ▲ 107 ft
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- Cape Pond via Old Rockport Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Dinosaur & Tarr Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 179 ft
- Bay State Quarry & Dinosaur via Old Rail Track 4.2 mi · ▲ 148 ft
- Pool Hill & Town Forest Trail via Old Rockport Road 4.3 mi · ▲ 172 ft
- Be On Time/Study–Prosperity Follows Service, 9 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 258 ft
- Loop Pond & Babson Reservoir via Old Rockport Road 5.1 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Flat Ledge Quarry–Steel Derrick Quarry, 6 lakes 5.5 mi · ▲ 296 ft
- Butman Pit–Steel Derrick Quarry, 5 lakes 6.1 mi · ▲ 218 ft
- Faulk & Mason Pits & Dinosaur via Old Rockport Road 6.2 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Upper Pit / Carlson's Reservoir–Butman Pit, 4 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Steel Derrick Quarry–Big Parker Pit, 5 lakes 6.7 mi · ▲ 269 ft
- Railcut Hill–Cape Pond, 5 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Be True–Cape Pond, 5 sights 7 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Lilja Pit–Johnson Pit, 8 lakes 7.2 mi · ▲ 253 ft
- Whale's Jaw–Goose Cove Resevoir, 7 sights 7.8 mi · ▲ 319 ft
- High Rock–Whale's Jaw, 10 sights 7.9 mi · ▲ 389 ft
- Pigeon Hill–Cape Pond, 10 lakes 10 mi · ▲ 444 ft