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Maple Swamp Conservation Area

For Whom the Bell Tolls–Freeman Cart Path, 6 sights

5.3 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 1 hr 55 min

For Whom the Bell Tolls–Freeman Cart Path, 6 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Maple Swamp Conservation Area near Scorton Shores, MA. It climbs 300 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi82 – 217 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Freeman Cart Path 41.71670, -70.42527
Nearest town Scorton Shores, MA
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For Whom the Bell Tolls–Freeman Cart Path, 6 sights

5.3 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 82–218 ft

Out & Back · Maple Swamp Conservation Area

Trailhead: Freeman Cart Path · 41.71670, -70.42527

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start on Freeman Cart Path, heading SW.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Craddock Trail, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Ridgeway Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miSharp left onto Tupper Cart Path, heading N.
  6. 250 ftTurn right onto Nye Cart Path, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Jacob's Schooner, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Nye Cart Path, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left onto The Sandwich Side North, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Nye Cart Path, heading NW.
  11. 250 ftBear right onto Jacob's Schooner, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Nye Cart Path, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Jacob's Ladder Spur, heading N.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Nye Cart Path, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sasquatch, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  18. 150 ftTurn left onto Sandwich Service Road Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.7 miSharp left, heading W.
  20. 0.2 miSharp left onto For Whom the Bell Tolls, heading W.
  21. 150 ftReach Freeman Cart Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
  23. 0.2 miSharp right onto Sandwich Service Road Trail, heading SW.
  24. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  25. 150 ftBear left onto Sasquatch, heading E.
  26. 150 ftTurn right onto Nye Cart Path, heading E.
  27. 0.3 miBear right onto Jacob's Ladder Spur, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftTurn left onto Nye Cart Path, heading S.
  29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jacob's Schooner, heading S.
  30. 100 ftBear left onto Nye Cart Path, heading S.
  31. 250 ftBear right onto The Sandwich Side North, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftSharp right onto Nye Cart Path, heading SW.
  33. 0.1 miBear right onto Jacob's Schooner, heading S.
  34. 100 ftContinue straight onto Nye Cart Path, heading S.
  35. 150 ftTurn left onto Tupper Cart Path, heading S.
  36. 300 ftSharp right onto Ridgeway Trail, heading S.
  37. 500 ftBear left onto Craddock Trail, heading S.
  38. 200 ftTurn right onto Freeman Cart Path, heading S.
  39. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/freeman-cart-path-jacobs-schooner-out-back-6-sights-9-km

Trail surface

31% dirt26% paved43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 7:24 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM — 2 min before dark.

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