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Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area

Fitzgerald Lake–Boggy Meadow Road, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 235 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Fitzgerald Lake–Boggy Meadow Road, 5 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area near North Farms, MA. The route reaches Fitzgerald Lake. It is mostly level, with 235 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi197 – 299 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.35212, -72.67264
Nearest town North Farms, MA
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Fitzgerald Lake–Boggy Meadow Road, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 235 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 197–299 ft

Out & Back · Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.35212, -72.67264

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Transit-accessible: VA Medical Center stop 791 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miPass Fitzgerald Lake.
  3. 200 ftContinue straight onto Fishing Place (white), heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Lake Trail (blue), heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Hillside Trail (red), heading NE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Trail (blue), heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miBear right onto Hillside Trail (red), heading NE.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  9. 100 ftTurn right onto Boggy Meadow Road, heading E.
  10. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Marian Street Trail (blue), heading S.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left onto Middle Path, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right onto Swamp Forest Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.6 miReach Fitzgerald Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.6 miTurn left onto Middle Path, heading W.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right onto Marian Street Trail (blue), heading S.
  17. 0.4 miBear right onto Boggy Meadow Road, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 100 ftBear left onto Hillside Trail (red), heading NW.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Lake Trail (blue), heading NW.
  22. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Hillside Trail (red), heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Lake Trail (blue), heading SW.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right onto Fishing Place (white), heading W.
  25. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fitzgerald-lake-fitzgerald-lake-out-back-7-km-0b86

Trail surface

71% dirt20% boardwalk6% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: VA Medical Center stop 791 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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