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.
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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 Sep 20: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mill Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sandwich Hollows Access Road, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left onto Spinal Tap, heading E.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Sasquatch, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Spinal Tap, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sasquatch, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Swamp Thing, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Sasquatch, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Swamp Thing, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Sasquatch, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Sandwich Service Road Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miReach Mill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Sasquatch, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Swamp Thing, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Sasquatch, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Swamp Thing, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sasquatch, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Spinal Tap, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sasquatch, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Spinal Tap, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right onto Sandwich Hollows Access Road, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Mill Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 5:38 PM for the 6:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 3.1 mi · loop · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 5 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
- 5.1 mi · out & back · via Sandwich Service Road Trail
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