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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Treeline Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left onto Marist Street, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Spruce Camp Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Jefferson Road, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Fire Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miReach Spruce Camp Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Jefferson Road, heading E.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Spruce Camp Road, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Marist Street, heading N.
- 1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
Weather
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.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Jefferson Road
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Jefferson Road
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Jefferson Road
- 3.1 mi · loop · via Jefferson Road
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Jefferson Road
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Jefferson Road
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Jefferson Road
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Jefferson Road
More from this trailhead
- Cape Cod Canal Bikeway 13.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Flatrock Road 9.4 mi · ▲ 680 ft
- Marist Street 10 mi · ▲ 739 ft
- Flatrock Road 9.3 mi · ▲ 573 ft
- Marist Street 10.1 mi · ▲ 639 ft
- Avery Road & Jefferson Road 12 mi · ▲ 671 ft
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