AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Telegraph Hill–Spectacle Pond, 10 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 385 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Telegraph Hill–Spectacle Pond, 10 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back near The Springs, MA. The route passes Telegraph Hill, Sandwich Beach, Camp Burgess Waterfront and Triangle Beach before reaching Spectacle Pond at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 385 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi102 – 289 ft10.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sandwich Service Road Trail 41.73851, -70.48841
Nearest town The Springs, MA
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Telegraph Hill–Spectacle Pond, 10 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 385 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Elevation 100–290 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Sandwich Service Road Trail · 41.73851, -70.48841

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:43 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sandwich Service Road Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftPass Telegraph Hill.
  5. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  12. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  17. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Kettle Hole, heading E.
  20. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 150 ftContinue straight onto Tiny Acorns, heading E.
  22. 0.3 miSharp left onto Powerlines, heading NE.
  23. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  24. 0.2 miPass Sandwich Beach.
  25. 150 ftSharp right onto Summer School, heading E.
  26. 50 ftSharp left onto Southwest Sauce, heading E.
  27. 300 ftContinue straight onto Popple Bottom Road, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Southwest Sauce, heading E.
  29. 100 ftContinue straight onto Popple Bottom Road, heading E.
  30. 100 ftTurn left onto Southwest Sauce, heading E.
  31. 50 ftBear right onto Popple Bottom Road, heading E.
  32. 100 ftTurn right onto Excite Bike, heading E.
  33. 150 ftBear left onto Hook, Line, and Sinker, heading E.
  34. 50 ftTurn left onto Weighted Line, heading E.
  35. 150 ftTurn left onto Hook, Line, and Sinker, heading E.
  36. 0.1 miTurn right onto Camp Burgess, heading E.
  37. 100 ftContinue straight onto Bpoy Scout, heading E.
  38. 100 ftTurn left onto Camp Burgess, heading E.
  39. 0.1 miTurn right onto Pinkham, heading SE.
  40. 0.1 miPass Camp Burgess Waterfront.
  41. 200 ftPass Triangle Beach.
  42. 0.1 miPass Spectacle Pond.
  43. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  44. 50 ftContinue straight onto Spectacle, heading S.
  45. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  46. 400 ftReach Telegraph Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  47. 0.2 miBear right onto Pinkham, heading W.
  48. 0.3 miTurn left onto Camp Burgess, heading S.
  49. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bpoy Scout, heading SE.
  50. 100 ftContinue straight onto Camp Burgess, heading SE.
  51. 100 ftTurn left onto Hook, Line, and Sinker, heading SE.
  52. 0.1 miTurn right onto Weighted Line, heading NW.
  53. 150 ftTurn right onto Hook, Line, and Sinker, heading NW.
  54. 50 ftBear right onto Excite Bike, heading NW.
  55. 200 ftTurn left onto Popple Bottom Road, heading NW.
  56. 50 ftBear left onto Southwest Sauce, heading N.
  57. 50 ftTurn right onto Popple Bottom Road, heading N.
  58. 50 ftContinue straight onto Southwest Sauce, heading N.
  59. 100 ftContinue straight onto Popple Bottom Road, heading N.
  60. 50 ftContinue straight onto Southwest Sauce, heading N.
  61. 300 ftSharp right onto Summer School, heading N.
  62. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  63. 0.2 miBear left onto Powerlines, heading E.
  64. 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
  65. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tiny Acorns, heading W.
  66. 250 ftTurn left onto Kettle Hole, heading W.
  67. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  68. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  69. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  70. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  71. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  72. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  73. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  74. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  75. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  76. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  77. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  78. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  79. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  80. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  81. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Robbie Road, heading NW.
  82. 200 ftBear left, heading NW.
  83. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sandwich Service Road Trail, heading W.
  84. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sandwich-beach-out-back-12-km-b934

Trail surface

32% dirt4% paved64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 6:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 5:45 PM for the 6:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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