Maple Swamp Conservation Area

Mill Road–Sandwich Service Road Trail, 3 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 251 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Mill Road–Sandwich Service Road Trail, 3 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Maple Swamp Conservation Area near East Sandwich, MA. It climbs 251 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi59 – 213 ft4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.72057, -70.44749
Nearest town East Sandwich, MA

Directions

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Mill Road–Sandwich Service Road Trail, 3 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 251 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Elevation 57–214 ft

Out & Back · Maple Swamp Conservation Area

Trailhead: 41.72057, -70.44749

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Mill Road, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Sandwich Hollows Access Road, heading SE.
  4. 300 ftBear left onto Spinal Tap, heading E.
  5. 350 ftSharp right onto Sasquatch, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Spinal Tap, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Sasquatch, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Swamp Thing, heading S.
  9. 500 ftTurn right onto Sasquatch, heading SE.
  10. 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  11. 150 ftBear left onto Swamp Thing, heading E.
  12. 450 ftTurn left onto Sasquatch, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  14. 200 ftTurn right onto Sandwich Service Road Trail, heading NE.
  15. 1.1 miReach Mill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftBear left onto Sasquatch, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Swamp Thing, heading NW.
  19. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  20. 150 ftSharp left onto Sasquatch, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftTurn left onto Swamp Thing, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sasquatch, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Spinal Tap, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftBear right onto Sasquatch, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftSharp left onto Spinal Tap, heading W.
  26. 350 ftBear right onto Sandwich Hollows Access Road, heading W.
  27. 300 ftTurn left onto Mill Road, heading W.
  28. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  29. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

59% paved34% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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