Flatrock Road
7.4 mi · ▲ 505 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Flatrock Road is a 7.4-mile out-and-back near Sandwich, MA. It climbs 505 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Flatrock Road
7.4 mi · ▲ 505 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Elevation 8–198 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.76988, -70.50532
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 63°F / low 56° · precip 8% · wind 14 mph · 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 right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Flatrock Road, heading W.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Jefferson Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Flatrock Road, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.2 mi in (~86 min). Leave by 4:55 PM for the 6:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 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
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Flatrock Road
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Flatrock Road
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Flatrock Road
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Flatrock Road
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Flatrock Road
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Flatrock Road
- 3.2 mi · out & back · via Flatrock Road
- 3.3 mi · out & back · via Flatrock Road
More from this trailhead
- Cape Cod Canal Bikeway 13.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Fire Road & Spruce Camp Road via Jefferson Road 14.4 mi · ▲ 497 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
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