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Maple Swamp Conservation Area

Big Ring–Endless Wire, 4 sights

3.4 mi · ▲ 286 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Big Ring–Endless Wire, 4 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Maple Swamp Conservation Area near Pondsville, MA. It climbs 286 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi115 – 246 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.71446, -70.42349
Nearest town Pondsville, MA
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Big Ring–Endless Wire, 4 sights

3.4 mi · ▲ 286 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 114–247 ft

Out & Back · Maple Swamp Conservation Area

Trailhead: 41.71446, -70.42349

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 400 ftBear right onto Wing Cart Path, heading SW.
  3. 400 ftBear left onto Craddock Trail, heading SW.
  4. 400 ftContinue straight onto Wing Cart Path, heading SW.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Jawbones, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wing Cart Path, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Craddock Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wing Cart Path, heading SW.
  9. 300 ftBear left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Craddock Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jawbones, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Craddock Trail, heading SW.
  13. 150 ftBear left onto Jawbones, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Craddock Trail, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  16. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Powerline Crossing, heading NE.
  18. 150 ftTurn left onto Endless Wire, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Home From The Forest, heading SE.
  20. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 500 ftBear right, heading E.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  23. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  25. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Ridge, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn right onto Primal Scream, heading SE.
  30. 350 ftTurn right onto Town Line, heading NE.
  31. 250 ftTurn left onto Old Mill Road, heading SE.
  32. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  34. 0.2 miBear right onto Tractor Tire Trail, heading SE.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Ring, heading SE.
  36. 0.4 miReach Jawbones, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  37. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tractor Tire Trail, heading SW.
  38. 50 ftBear left onto Old Mill Road, heading SW.
  39. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  40. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  41. 200 ftTurn right onto Town Line, heading S.
  42. 250 ftTurn left onto Primal Scream, heading NE.
  43. 350 ftTurn left onto North Ridge, heading NE.
  44. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  45. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  46. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  47. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  48. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  49. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  50. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  51. 500 ftTurn left onto Home From The Forest, heading NE.
  52. 100 ftTurn right onto Endless Wire, heading NE.
  53. 100 ftTurn right onto Powerline Crossing, heading NE.
  54. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  55. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  56. 150 ftSharp left onto Craddock Trail, heading NE.
  57. 50 ftBear left onto Jawbones, heading N.
  58. 50 ftBear right onto Craddock Trail, heading N.
  59. 150 ftContinue straight onto Jawbones, heading N.
  60. 50 ftContinue straight onto Craddock Trail, heading N.
  61. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  62. 50 ftBear right onto Wing Cart Path, heading N.
  63. 300 ftContinue straight onto Craddock Trail, heading NW.
  64. 50 ftTurn right onto Wing Cart Path, heading NW.
  65. 50 ftContinue straight onto Jawbones, heading N.
  66. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wing Cart Path, heading N.
  67. 250 ftContinue straight onto Craddock Trail, heading NW.
  68. 400 ftBear right onto Wing Cart Path, heading N.
  69. 400 ftBear left, heading W.
  70. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/comm-fire-district-property-out-back-6-km-9ca4

Trail surface

84% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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