Telegraph Hill & Sasquatch via Sandwich Service Road Trail
6.3 mi · ▲ 367 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Telegraph Hill & Sasquatch via Sandwich Service Road Trail is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Maple Swamp Conservation Area near Plowed Neck, MA. The route reaches Telegraph Hill at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 367 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Telegraph Hill & Sasquatch via Sandwich Service Road Trail
6.3 mi · ▲ 367 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 84–286 ft
Out & Back · Maple Swamp Conservation Area
Trailhead: Sasquatch · 41.72479, -70.43713
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Sasquatch, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sandwich Service Road Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Kettle Hole, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Telegraph Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Sandwich Service Road Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left onto Sasquatch, heading E.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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