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Maple Swamp Conservation Area

The Lookout–Sandwich Beach, 12 sights

5 mi · ▲ 536 ft · 1 hr 56 min

The Lookout–Sandwich Beach, 12 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Maple Swamp Conservation Area near East Sandwich, MA. The route passes Sandwich Beach before reaching The Lookout at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 536 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi89 – 230 ft7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lunch Box 41.72514, -70.45306
Nearest town East Sandwich, MA
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The Lookout–Sandwich Beach, 12 sights

5 mi · ▲ 536 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 89–230 ft

Out & Back · Maple Swamp Conservation Area

Trailhead: Lunch Box · 41.72514, -70.45306

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:41 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lunch Box, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miBear left onto Subdivisions, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Atkins Road, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miBear left onto Subdivisions, heading S.
  5. 150 ftSharp right onto Pillage and Plunder, heading S.
  6. 100 ftSharp left onto Mill Road, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Pillage and Plunder, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Just Teasing, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Popple Bottom Road, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Powerlines, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Popple Bottom Road, heading SE.
  13. 150 ftBear left onto Southwest Sauce, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Popple Bottom Road, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Southwest Sauce, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftPass Sandwich Beach.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Popple Bottom Road, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Southwest Sauce, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto Popple Bottom Road, heading S.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto Southwest Sauce, heading S.
  21. 0.2 miBear left onto Popple Bottom Road, heading SE.
  22. 450 ftTurn right onto Extra Pickles, heading S.
  23. 250 ftBear left onto Circle the Wagons, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftSharp right onto Freeman Cart Path, heading SE.
  25. 250 ftContinue straight onto Hogies and Grinders, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftBear left onto Clutch, heading SE.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Freeman Cart Path, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftTurn left onto Mud Flap, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hogies and Grinders, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mud Flap, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftBear left onto Hogies and Grinders, heading E.
  32. 50 ftTurn right onto Mud Flap, heading E.
  33. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  34. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sandwich Sidewinder, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  38. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mud Flap, heading NE.
  39. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  40. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sandwich Sidewinder, heading N.
  41. 150 ftContinue straight onto Northwest Passage, heading E.
  42. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  43. 450 ftTurn right onto Catena, heading NE.
  44. 250 ftContinue straight onto Eternity, heading E.
  45. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Endless Wire, heading NE.
  46. 0.3 miTurn left onto Home From The Forest, heading E.
  47. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  48. 500 ftBear right, heading N.
  49. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  50. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  51. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  52. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  53. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  54. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  55. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Ridge, heading E.
  56. 50 ftTurn right onto Primal Whoop, heading E.
  57. 50 ftBear left onto North Ridge, heading E.
  58. 300 ftReach The Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  59. 250 ftBear right onto Primal Whoop, heading NE.
  60. 50 ftTurn left onto North Ridge, heading E.
  61. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  62. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  63. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  64. 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
  65. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  66. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  67. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  68. 500 ftTurn left onto Home From The Forest, heading S.
  69. 100 ftTurn right onto Endless Wire, heading S.
  70. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Eternity, heading E.
  71. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Catena, heading S.
  72. 150 ftTurn left onto Northwest Passage, heading S.
  73. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  74. 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
  75. 200 ftContinue straight onto Sandwich Sidewinder, heading SE.
  76. 200 ftBear right onto Mud Flap, heading SE.
  77. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  78. 50 ftTurn left onto Sandwich Sidewinder, heading SE.
  79. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  80. 50 ftBear right onto Mud Flap, heading NW.
  81. 50 ftTurn left onto Hogies and Grinders, heading NW.
  82. 50 ftBear right onto Mud Flap, heading NW.
  83. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hogies and Grinders, heading NW.
  84. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mud Flap, heading NW.
  85. 50 ftTurn right onto Freeman Cart Path, heading NW.
  86. 50 ftContinue straight onto Clutch, heading NW.
  87. 50 ftBear right onto Hogies and Grinders, heading NW.
  88. 50 ftContinue straight onto Freeman Cart Path, heading W.
  89. 250 ftSharp left onto Circle the Wagons, heading W.
  90. 50 ftBear right onto Extra Pickles, heading W.
  91. 200 ftTurn left onto Circle the Wagons, heading N.
  92. 450 ftBear right onto Southwest Sauce, heading W.
  93. 0.2 miBear right onto Popple Bottom Road, heading NW.
  94. 50 ftBear left onto Southwest Sauce, heading W.
  95. 50 ftTurn right onto Popple Bottom Road, heading W.
  96. 50 ftContinue straight onto Southwest Sauce, heading SW.
  97. 100 ftContinue straight onto Popple Bottom Road, heading W.
  98. 50 ftContinue straight onto Southwest Sauce, heading W.
  99. 50 ftBear right onto Popple Bottom Road, heading W.
  100. 150 ftTurn left onto Powerlines, heading W.
  101. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  102. 50 ftBear left onto Popple Bottom Road, heading W.
  103. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Just Teasing, heading NW.
  104. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pillage and Plunder, heading NW.
  105. 50 ftBear right onto Mill Road, heading NW.
  106. 0.1 miSharp right onto Pillage and Plunder, heading NW.
  107. 50 ftSharp left onto Subdivisions, heading NW.
  108. 150 ftBear right onto Atkins Road, heading W.
  109. 0.2 miBear left onto Subdivisions, heading SW.
  110. 50 ftBear right onto Lunch Box, heading SW.
  111. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/the-lookout-clutch-out-back-10-sights

Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 5:37 PM for the 6:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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