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Maple Swamp Conservation Area

Big Ring–Blackridge, 8 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 548 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Big Ring–Blackridge, 8 sights is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Maple Swamp Conservation Area near Plowed Neck, MA. It climbs 548 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi79 – 243 ft8.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sasquatch 41.72479, -70.43713
Nearest town Plowed Neck, MA
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Big Ring–Blackridge, 8 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 548 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Elevation 77–242 ft

Out & Back · Maple Swamp Conservation Area

Trailhead: Sasquatch · 41.72479, -70.43713

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Nye Cart Path, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Jacob's Ladder Spur, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Nye Cart Path, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jacob's Schooner, heading S.
  6. 100 ftBear left onto Nye Cart Path, heading S.
  7. 250 ftBear right onto The Sandwich Side North, heading S.
  8. 50 ftSharp right onto Nye Cart Path, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miBear right onto Jacob's Schooner, heading SW.
  10. 100 ftContinue straight onto Nye Cart Path, heading S.
  11. 150 ftTurn right onto Blackridge, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Single Shot, heading SE.
  13. 150 ftBear right onto Freeman Cart Path, heading SE.
  14. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Grady's Way, heading S.
  16. 150 ftTurn left onto Shout, heading S.
  17. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 450 ftBear right onto Bad Boy Connector, heading S.
  19. 200 ftTurn right onto Ridgeway Trail, heading SW.
  20. 300 ftBear right onto Tower Connector, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto Ridgeway Trail, heading SE.
  23. 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Craddock Trail, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftBear left onto Dragon's Breath, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftBear right onto Craddock Trail, heading SE.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left onto Dragon's Breath, heading S.
  28. 50 ftSharp right onto Craddock Trail, heading S.
  29. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  30. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Jawbones, heading E.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Craddock Trail, heading E.
  32. 150 ftBear left onto Jawbones, heading E.
  33. 50 ftBear right onto Craddock Trail, heading E.
  34. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  35. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  36. 0.1 miTurn right onto Powerline Crossing, heading SW.
  37. 150 ftTurn left onto Endless Wire, heading SW.
  38. 50 ftTurn left onto Home From The Forest, heading E.
  39. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  40. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  42. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  43. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  44. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  45. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  46. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  47. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Ridge, heading E.
  48. 100 ftTurn right onto Primal Scream, heading SE.
  49. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  50. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  51. 100 ftBear right onto Walker Point Trail, heading SE.
  52. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  53. 150 ftTurn left onto Old Mill Road, heading SE.
  54. 0.1 miBear right onto Tractor Tire Trail, heading SE.
  55. 50 ftContinue straight onto Big Ring, heading SE.
  56. 0.9 miTurn left onto Adaptation, heading S.
  57. 100 ftTurn right onto Farmersville Road, heading S.
  58. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  59. 50 ftReach Nye Cart Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  60. 0.2 miTurn left onto Adaptation, heading SW.
  61. 50 ftTurn right onto Big Ring, heading SW.
  62. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Tractor Tire Trail, heading SW.
  63. 50 ftBear left onto Old Mill Road, heading SW.
  64. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  65. 150 ftTurn left onto Walker Point Trail, heading NE.
  66. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  67. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  68. 50 ftBear right onto Primal Scream, heading NE.
  69. 0.1 miTurn left onto North Ridge, heading N.
  70. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  71. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  72. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  73. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  74. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  75. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  76. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  77. 500 ftTurn left onto Home From The Forest, heading N.
  78. 150 ftTurn right onto Endless Wire, heading N.
  79. 50 ftTurn right onto Powerline Crossing, heading N.
  80. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  81. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  82. 200 ftSharp left onto Craddock Trail, heading E.
  83. 50 ftBear left onto Jawbones, heading E.
  84. 50 ftBear right onto Craddock Trail, heading E.
  85. 150 ftContinue straight onto Jawbones, heading NW.
  86. 50 ftContinue straight onto Craddock Trail, heading NW.
  87. 0.1 miSharp left onto Dragon's Breath, heading NE.
  88. 50 ftTurn right onto Craddock Trail, heading E.
  89. 0.1 miBear left onto Dragon's Breath, heading NE.
  90. 50 ftBear right onto Craddock Trail, heading NE.
  91. 50 ftTurn left onto Ridgeway Trail, heading NE.
  92. 400 ftBear left, heading NE.
  93. 50 ftBear right onto Tower Connector, heading NE.
  94. 50 ftBear left onto Ridgeway Trail, heading NE.
  95. 350 ftTurn left onto Bad Boy Connector, heading NE.
  96. 200 ftBear left onto Shout, heading N.
  97. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  98. 150 ftTurn right onto Grady's Way, heading E.
  99. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  100. 50 ftTurn right onto Freeman Cart Path, heading E.
  101. 250 ftBear left onto Single Shot, heading NW.
  102. 100 ftBear right onto Blackridge, heading NW.
  103. 50 ftTurn left onto Nye Cart Path, heading NW.
  104. 150 ftContinue straight onto Jacob's Schooner, heading N.
  105. 50 ftBear left onto Nye Cart Path, heading N.
  106. 0.1 miSharp left onto The Sandwich Side North, heading N.
  107. 50 ftBear left onto Nye Cart Path, heading N.
  108. 250 ftBear right onto Jacob's Schooner, heading N.
  109. 100 ftContinue straight onto Nye Cart Path, heading N.
  110. 0.2 miTurn right onto Jacob's Ladder Spur, heading NW.
  111. 50 ftBear left onto Nye Cart Path, heading NW.
  112. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  113. 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-walker-point-deck-out-back-10-sights

Trail surface

66% dirt34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 6:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 5:56 PM for the 6:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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