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Briar Swamp

Loop Pond via Old Rockport Road

4.3 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Loop Pond via Old Rockport Road is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Briar Swamp near Five Pound Island, MA. The route reaches Loop Pond. It is mostly level, with 138 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi66 – 135 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.63109, -70.64522
Nearest town Five Pound Island, MA
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Loop Pond via Old Rockport Road

4.3 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 64–136 ft

Out & Back · Briar Swamp

Trailhead: 42.63109, -70.64522

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Rockport Road, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 250 ftSharp right, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rocky Rd, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miPass Loop Pond.
  12. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Tarrs Lane West, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miReach Loop Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  21. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  23. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 200 ftTurn right onto Old Rockport Road, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  26. 250 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/loop-pond-loop-pond-out-back-5-km-73c5

Trail surface

78% dirt22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:38 AMSunset 8:01 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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