Cavalry Boulder & Old Tompson Road
3 mi · ▲ 295 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Cavalry Boulder & Old Tompson Road is a 3-mile out-and-back in Tompson Street Reservation near West Gloucester, MA. The route reaches Cavalry Boulder at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 295 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cavalry Boulder & Old Tompson Road
3 mi · ▲ 295 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 65–157 ft
Out & Back · Tompson Street Reservation
Trailhead: Old Tompson Road · 42.62777, -70.71255
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:38 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
Transit-accessible: Concord Street & Becker Circle stop 222 m from the trailhead
- Start on Old Tompson Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Cavalry Boulder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Concord Street & Becker Circle stop 222 m from the trailhead
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