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Maple Swamp Conservation Area

Home From The Forest–Jawbones, 4 sights

2 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 45 min

Home From The Forest–Jawbones, 4 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Maple Swamp Conservation Area near Farmersville, MA. It is mostly level, with 163 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi85 – 230 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Craddock Trail 41.71278, -70.42645
Nearest town Farmersville, MA
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Home From The Forest–Jawbones, 4 sights

2 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 45 min

Elevation 84–229 ft

Out & Back · Maple Swamp Conservation Area

Trailhead: Craddock Trail · 41.71278, -70.42645

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

  1. Start on Craddock Trail, heading SW.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Wing Cart Path, heading SW.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Jawbones, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wing Cart Path, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Craddock Trail, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wing Cart Path, heading W.
  7. 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Craddock Trail, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wing Cart Path, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Craddock Trail, heading W.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Dragon's Breath, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wing Cart Path, heading W.
  15. 100 ftTurn right onto Powerlines, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Catena, heading W.
  17. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  18. 200 ftTurn left onto Northwest Passage, heading S.
  19. 200 ftContinue straight onto Home From The Forest, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miBear left onto Sparky, heading S.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto Home From The Forest, heading S.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right onto Stagecoach, heading SE.
  24. 450 ftReach Jawbones, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  25. 450 ftTurn left onto Home From The Forest, heading E.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left onto Sparky, heading SE.
  27. 50 ftBear right onto Home From The Forest, heading SE.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  29. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Northwest Passage, heading NW.
  30. 250 ftTurn right onto Catena, heading N.
  31. 300 ftTurn right onto Powerlines, heading NW.
  32. 100 ftTurn left onto Wing Cart Path, heading NW.
  33. 150 ftTurn left onto Dragon's Breath, heading NW.
  34. 50 ftBear right onto Craddock Trail, heading NW.
  35. 50 ftTurn right onto Wing Cart Path, heading NW.
  36. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Craddock Trail, heading W.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  38. 50 ftBear right onto Wing Cart Path, heading W.
  39. 300 ftContinue straight onto Craddock Trail, heading NW.
  40. 50 ftTurn right onto Wing Cart Path, heading NW.
  41. 50 ftContinue straight onto Jawbones, heading NW.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wing Cart Path, heading NW.
  43. 250 ftContinue straight onto Craddock Trail, heading W.
  44. 350 ftArrive 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/home-from-the-forest-out-back

Trail surface

49% dirt51% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 7:26 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM — 6 min before dark.

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