AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Fisk Forestdale Lot

Fire Road via Jefferson Road

6.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Fire Road via Jefferson Road is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Fisk Forestdale Lot near Forestdale, MA. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 200 ft7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.69800, -70.49641
Nearest town Forestdale, MA
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Fire Road via Jefferson Road

6.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Elevation 125–200 ft

Out & Back · Fisk Forestdale Lot

Trailhead: 41.69800, -70.49641

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 200 ftSharp left onto Peters Pond Drive Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left onto Jefferson Road, heading N.
  8. 1.3 miTurn right onto Fire Road, heading NW.
  9. 0.8 miReach Fire Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.8 miTurn left onto Jefferson Road, heading SW.
  11. 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.7 miSharp left, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Peters Pond Drive Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  17. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/peters-pond-at-oakcrest-cove-beach-out-back-10-km-972b

Trail surface

33% dirt67% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~83 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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