Fire Road & Spruce Camp Road via Jefferson Road

14.4 mi · ▲ 497 ft · 5 hr 3 min

Fire Road & Spruce Camp Road via Jefferson Road is a 14.4-mile out-and-back near Sandwich, MA. It climbs 497 ft. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7 – 243 ft15.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.76988, -70.50532
Nearest town Sandwich, MA

Directions

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Fire Road & Spruce Camp Road via Jefferson Road

14.4 mi · ▲ 497 ft · 5 hr 3 min

Elevation 8–242 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.76988, -70.50532

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:41 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 200 ftTurn left onto Treeline Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 200 ftBear left onto Marist Street, heading W.
  13. 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 0.7 miTurn right onto Spruce Camp Road, heading S.
  16. 0.6 miSharp left onto Jefferson Road, heading SW.
  17. 1.3 miTurn left onto Fire Road, heading NE.
  18. 0.8 miReach Spruce Camp Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.8 miTurn right onto Jefferson Road, heading E.
  20. 1.3 miSharp right onto Spruce Camp Road, heading NW.
  21. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.7 miTurn left onto Marist Street, heading N.
  24. 1 miBear right, heading NW.
  25. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 350 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading NW.
  28. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  29. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  31. 0.8 miTurn right onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading E.
  32. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
  33. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  34. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  35. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

14% paved11% dirt75% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.8 mi in (~175 min). Leave by 3:26 PM for the 6:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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