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Manchester Essex Woods

Conomo Drive & Pulpit Rock via Bishop's Grave Cartway

4 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Conomo Drive & Pulpit Rock via Bishop's Grave Cartway is a 4-mile out-and-back in Manchester Essex Woods near Essex Falls, MA. It is mostly level, with 195 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi52 – 144 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Conomo Drive 42.61452, -70.78919
Nearest town Essex Falls, MA
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Conomo Drive & Pulpit Rock via Bishop's Grave Cartway

4 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Elevation 52–144 ft

Out & Back · Manchester Essex Woods

Trailhead: Conomo Drive · 42.61452, -70.78919

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:44 PM

  1. Start on Conomo Drive, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Caeser's Lane, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Bishop's Grave Cartway, heading SE.
  4. 0.9 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 450 ftTurn right onto Pulpit Rock, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miReach Conomo Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 450 ftBear left onto Bishop's Grave Cartway, heading NE.
  9. 0.9 miTurn right onto Caeser's Lane, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Conomo Drive, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/conomo-drive-pulpit-rock-out-back-3-sights-8-km

Trail surface

10% dirt90% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 5:56 PM for the 6:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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