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 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi10 – 49 ft6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.27707, -70.15644
Nearest town Trots Hills, MA
Directions
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Maxcy Pond & Madaket Bike Path
5.8 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 10–51 ft
Out & Back · Sanford Farm
Trailhead: 41.27707, -70.15644
Weather Aug 4: Fog, high 81°F / low 67° · precip 2% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Transit-accessible: Public Works Department stop 792 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Madaket Bike Path, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miPass Maxcy Pond.
- 1.5 miReach Maxcy Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 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
71% paved29% unspecified
Weather
FogTemperature 81°F67°
Precip2%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity74%
Rained 0.2″ yesterday (0.4″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
85°65°
Sunrise 5:39 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Wed
78°70°
Thu
75°74°
Fri
74°73°
Sat
74°73°
17%
Sun
76°73°
17%
Mon
77°74°
16%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:32 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM — 13 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Public Works Department stop 792 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Maxcy Pond 4.7 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Maxcy Pond via Madaket Bike Path 5.3 mi · ▲ 111 ft
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