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Flatrock Road is a 7.7-mile out-and-back near Sagamore, MA. It climbs 564 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi10 – 197 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.77463, -70.54314
Nearest town Sagamore, MA

Directions

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Flatrock Road

7.7 mi · ▲ 564 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Elevation 11–198 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.77463, -70.54314

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading E.
  3. 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 250 ftTurn left onto Treeline Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  12. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  16. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 100 ftTurn right onto Flatrock Road, heading S.
  18. 350 ftSharp left, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left onto Jefferson Road, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miSharp right onto Flatrock Road, heading S.
  23. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  24. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  28. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  29. 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  31. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  32. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  33. 350 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading NE.
  34. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  35. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  36. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  37. 0.8 miTurn left onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading NE.
  38. 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  39. 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

28% paved18% dirt54% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.8 mi in (~103 min). Leave by 5:55 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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