Briar Swamp

Johnson Pit Quarry & Bad Dog

2.4 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 51 min

Johnson Pit Quarry & Bad Dog is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Briar Swamp near Pigeon Cove, MA. The route reaches Johnson Pit Quarry. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi131 – 197 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.65942, -70.63527
Nearest town Pigeon Cove, MA

Directions

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Johnson Pit Quarry & Bad Dog

2.4 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 51 min

Elevation 130–197 ft

Out & Back · Briar Swamp

Trailhead: 42.65942, -70.63527

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:38 AM · sunset 8:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bad Dog, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Squam Path, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miPass Johnson Pit Quarry.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miReach Johnson Pit Quarry, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bad Dog, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

87% dirt13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:38 AMSunset 8:01 PM

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