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Maple Swamp Conservation Area

Freeman Cart Path–Jacob's Schooner, 5 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Freeman Cart Path–Jacob's Schooner, 5 sights is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Maple Swamp Conservation Area near Old Quaker Meetinghouse, MA. It climbs 296 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi82 – 223 ft7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 41.73256, -70.46706
Nearest town Old Quaker Meetinghouse, MA
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Freeman Cart Path–Jacob's Schooner, 5 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Elevation 82–223 ft

Out & Back · Maple Swamp Conservation Area

Trailhead: connector · 41.73256, -70.46706

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:43 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 100 ftTurn right onto Sandwich Service Road Trail, heading NE.
  6. 1.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftBear left onto Sasquatch, heading SE.
  8. 100 ftTurn right onto Nye Cart Path, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miBear right onto Jacob's Ladder Spur, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Nye Cart Path, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jacob's Schooner, heading S.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Nye Cart Path, heading S.
  13. 250 ftBear right onto The Sandwich Side North, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftSharp right onto Nye Cart Path, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miBear right onto Jacob's Schooner, heading SE.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Nye Cart Path, heading SE.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Tupper Cart Path, heading S.
  18. 250 ftSharp right onto Ridgeway Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miBear left onto Craddock Trail, heading SE.
  20. 200 ftTurn right onto Freeman Cart Path, heading SE.
  21. 0.8 miReach Sasquatch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 150 ftContinue straight onto Craddock Trail, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftBear right onto Ridgeway Trail, heading SW.
  25. 0.1 miSharp left onto Tupper Cart Path, heading SW.
  26. 250 ftTurn right onto Nye Cart Path, heading SW.
  27. 150 ftContinue straight onto Jacob's Schooner, heading W.
  28. 50 ftBear left onto Nye Cart Path, heading W.
  29. 0.1 miSharp left onto The Sandwich Side North, heading W.
  30. 50 ftBear left onto Nye Cart Path, heading W.
  31. 250 ftBear right onto Jacob's Schooner, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Nye Cart Path, heading SW.
  33. 0.2 miTurn right onto Jacob's Ladder Spur, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftBear left onto Nye Cart Path, heading SW.
  35. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sasquatch, heading NW.
  37. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  38. 200 ftTurn left onto Sandwich Service Road Trail, heading N.
  39. 1.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  40. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  41. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  42. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  43. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/freeman-cart-path-jacobs-schooner-out-back-5-sights-11-km

Trail surface

47% paved24% dirt29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 6:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~74 min). Leave by 5:09 PM for the 6:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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