Briar Swamp

Cape Pond & Captain Nemo via Spiderman

5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Cape Pond & Captain Nemo via Spiderman is a 5-mile out-and-back in Briar Swamp near Five Pound Island, MA. The route reaches Cape Pond. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi69 – 164 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.63109, -70.64522
Nearest town Five Pound Island, MA

Directions

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Cape Pond & Captain Nemo via Spiderman

5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 71–163 ft

Out & Back · Briar Swamp

Trailhead: 42.63109, -70.64522

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Rockport Road, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 250 ftSharp right, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Rocky Rd, heading N.
  9. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miPass Cape Pond.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Captain Nemo, heading NE.
  15. 0.6 miBear left onto Spiderman, heading SW.
  16. 150 ftReach Cape Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 150 ftBear right onto Captain Nemo, heading S.
  18. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  19. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right onto Rocky Rd, heading W.
  23. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  25. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  28. 200 ftTurn right onto Old Rockport Road, heading E.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  30. 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.

Trail surface

45% dirt55% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 6:44 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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