Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area
Swamp Forest Trail via Marian Street Trail (blue)
2.8 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 59 min
Swamp Forest Trail via Marian Street Trail (blue) is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area near Laurel Park, MA. It is mostly level, with 116 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Swamp Forest Trail via Marian Street Trail (blue)
2.8 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 59 min
Elevation 216–299 ft
Out & Back · Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area
Trailhead: Halfway Brook Trail · 42.35629, -72.64232
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Transit-accessible: N King St and Rockridge Community stop 207 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Halfway Brook Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Marian Street Trail (blue), heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Middle Path, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Swamp Forest Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach Swamp Forest Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Middle Path, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Marian Street Trail (blue), heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Halfway Brook Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive 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
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: N King St and Rockridge Community stop 207 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Halfway Brook Trail Trailhead
- Middle Path 2 mi · ▲ 87 ft
- Middle Path 2.1 mi · ▲ 87 ft
- Boggy Meadow Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 122 ft
- Boggy Meadow Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 122 ft
- Fitzgerald Lake–Boggy Meadow Road, 4 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 172 ft
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