Maxcy Pond & Madaket Bike Path is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Ram Pasture near Cisco, MA. The route reaches Maxcy Pond. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi7 – 52 ft8.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.26772, -70.16463
Nearest town Cisco, MA
Directions
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Maxcy Pond & Madaket Bike Path
8.6 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Elevation 7–51 ft
Out & Back · Ram Pasture
Trailhead: 41.26772, -70.16463
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Maxcy Pond.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Madaket Bike Path, heading NE.
- 1.5 miReach Maxcy Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
34% paved31% dirt35% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Hummock Pond & North Head Hummock Pond 5.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Maxcy Pond via Madaket Bike Path 6.4 mi · ▲ 85 ft
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