Maxcy Pond & Madaket Bike Path is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Sanford Farm near Trots Hills, MA. The route reaches Maxcy Pond. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi10 – 56 ft6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.28640, -70.15512
Nearest town Trots Hills, MA
Directions
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Maxcy Pond & Madaket Bike Path
5.8 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Elevation 10–57 ft
Out & Back · Sanford Farm
Trailhead: 41.28640, -70.15512
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Madaket Bike Path, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Maxcy Pond.
- 1.5 miReach Maxcy Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 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
66% paved34% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:26 PM.
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