Manchester Essex Woods

Bishop's Grave Cartway–Caeser's Lane, 4 sights

6 mi · ▲ 387 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Bishop's Grave Cartway–Caeser's Lane, 4 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Manchester Essex Woods near Essex Falls, MA. It climbs 387 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi20 – 164 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gas Line 42.62078, -70.78094
Nearest town Essex Falls, MA

Directions

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Bishop's Grave Cartway–Caeser's Lane, 4 sights

6 mi · ▲ 387 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Elevation 21–163 ft

Out & Back · Manchester Essex Woods

Trailhead: Gas Line · 42.62078, -70.78094

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:01 PM

  1. Start on Gas Line, heading SW.
  2. 450 ftTurn left onto Caeser's Lane, heading S.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left onto Bishop's Grave Cartway, heading SE.
  4. 1.3 miTurn right onto Old Manchester-Essex Road, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
  6. 200 ftTurn right onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.7 miReach Gas Line, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 250 ftSharp right onto Old Manchester-Essex Road, heading SW.
  10. 250 ftTurn left onto Bishop's Grave Cartway, heading SW.
  11. 1.3 miTurn right onto Caeser's Lane, heading N.
  12. 0.8 miTurn right onto Gas Line, heading NE.
  13. 350 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

25% dirt75% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 8:01 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 7:17 PM for the 8:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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