Kettle Hole & Sandwich Service Road Trail
7 mi · ▲ 303 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Kettle Hole & Sandwich Service Road Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back near Camp Burgess, MA. It climbs 303 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Kettle Hole & Sandwich Service Road Trail
7 mi · ▲ 303 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Elevation 88–251 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.71571, -70.47579
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 64°F / low 50° · precip 66% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Kettle Hole, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Sandwich Service Road Trail, heading NE.
- 2.3 miReach Kettle Hole, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Kettle Hole, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:05 PM — 8 min before dark.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 3.1 mi · loop · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 5 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
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