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Cedar Swamp Road–Copicut Hill, 8 sights is a 15-mile out-and-back in Freetown-Fall River State Forest near Collins Corner, MA. It climbs 355 ft. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi164 – 289 ft15.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.71599, -71.08900
Nearest town Collins Corner, MA

Directions

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Cedar Swamp Road–Copicut Hill, 8 sights

15 mi · ▲ 355 ft · 5 hr 11 min

Elevation 165–288 ft

Out & Back · Freetown-Fall River State Forest

Trailhead: 41.71599, -71.08900

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Brightman Path, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Indian Turn Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Shockley Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Horseshoe Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.8 miTurn left onto Copicut Hill, heading SE.
  8. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Powerline Parrallel, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Grinnel Path, heading NW.
  10. 1.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 250 ftContinue straight onto Cedar Swamp Road, heading E.
  16. 0.7 miBear left onto Makepeace Road, heading E.
  17. 0.8 miReach Indian Turn Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.7 miBear right onto Cedar Swamp Road, heading S.
  19. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 450 ftTurn left onto Grinnel Path, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  24. 1.1 miTurn left onto Powerline Parrallel, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Copicut Hill, heading SE.
  26. 1.8 miTurn right onto Horseshoe Trail, heading S.
  27. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 450 ftContinue straight onto Shockley Trail, heading SW.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right onto Indian Turn Trail, heading W.
  30. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Brightman Path, heading W.
  31. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  32. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  33. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

53% dirt47% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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