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Briar Swamp

Loop Pond & Babson Reservoir via Old Rockport Road

5.1 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Loop Pond & Babson Reservoir via Old Rockport Road is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Briar Swamp near Dogtown Commons, MA. The route passes Babson Reservoir and Loop Pond. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi66 – 135 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Rockport Road 42.62849, -70.65386
Nearest town Dogtown Commons, MA
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Loop Pond & Babson Reservoir via Old Rockport Road

5.1 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 64–136 ft

Out & Back · Briar Swamp

Trailhead: Old Rockport Road · 42.62849, -70.65386

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

Transit-accessible: Blackburn Industrial Park stop 158 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Rockport Road, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Babson Reservoir.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  5. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 300 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rocky Rd, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miPass Loop Pond.
  12. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Tarrs Lane West, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  15. 300 ftReach Loop Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  22. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  25. 200 ftTurn right onto Old Rockport Road, heading E.
  26. 0.6 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/loop-pond-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

82% dirt18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:38 AMSunset 8:01 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Blackburn Industrial Park stop 158 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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