Sam Nye's Mountain–For Whom the Bell Tolls, 9 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 259 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Sam Nye's Mountain–For Whom the Bell Tolls, 9 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Maple Swamp Conservation Area near Old Quaker Meetinghouse, MA. The route reaches Sam Nye's Mountain at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 259 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sam Nye's Mountain–For Whom the Bell Tolls, 9 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 259 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 57–262 ft
Out & Back · Maple Swamp Conservation Area
Trailhead: 41.73333, -70.46743
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Sandwich Service Road Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Sasquatch, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Swamp Thing, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Sasquatch, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Swamp Thing, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sasquatch, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Spinal Tap, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sasquatch, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Spinal Tap, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Sandwich Hollows Access Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Sam Nye's Mountain.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Snake Milk, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto West South Hill, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Spinal Tap, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Sandwich Hollows Access Road, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Mill Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Pillage and Plunder, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mill Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pillage and Plunder, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Subdivisions, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Mighty Oaks, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Holy Rollers, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mighty Oaks, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto For Whom the Bell Tolls, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sandwich Service Road Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Kettle Hole via Sandwich Service Road Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Telegraph Hill Loop via Sandwich Service Road Trail 4 mi · ▲ 175 ft
- Sandwich Beach–For Whom the Bell Tolls, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- For Whom the Bell Tolls–Holy Rollers, 8 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Sandwich Service Road Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Sam Nye's Mountain–Holy Rollers, 9 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 233 ft
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