Flat Ledge Quarry–Steel Derrick Quarry, 6 lakes is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Carlson Quarry Watershed near Pigeon Cove, MA. The route passes Butman Pit, Steel Derrick Quarry, Big Parker Pit and Flat Ledge Quarry before reaching Little Parker Pit at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi85 – 174 ft2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.65942, -70.63527
Nearest town Pigeon Cove, MA
Directions
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Flat Ledge Quarry–Steel Derrick Quarry, 6 lakes
2.5 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 52 min
Elevation 87–175 ft
Out & Back · Carlson Quarry Watershed
Trailhead: 42.65942, -70.63527
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:38 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bad Dog, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Butman Pit.
- 0.1 miPass Steel Derrick Quarry.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftPass Big Parker Pit.
- 500 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Little Parker Pit.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Flat Ledge Quarry, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 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 surface
71% dirt29% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:38 AMSunset 8:01 PM
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- Upper Pit / Carlson's Reservoir–Flat Ledge Quarry, 6 lakes 2.2 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Johnson Pit Quarry & Bad Dog 2.4 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Steel Derrick Quarry–Butman Pit, 8 lakes 3.5 mi · ▲ 137 ft
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