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3,402 ft
Distance
2 ft
Climb
-3 ft
Descent
00:05:57
Avg time
1 ft
Altitude change
7 ft
Altitude min
11 ft
Altitude max
10 ft
Altitude start
10 ft
Altitude end
-2%
Grade max
2.3%
Grade min
390 ft
Distance climb
240 ft
Distance down
2,654 ft
Distance flat
00:05:57
Avg time
Murkwood Loop Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Gravel Bike
- Winter Fat Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
- Snowshoe
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Riding AreaOld Sandwich Game Farm WMA
Sandwich, Massachusetts -
Difficulty Rating
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Local Popularity5 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 75 in Hiking
- 5 in Snowshoeing
- 5 in Winter Fat Biking
- 80 in Gravel Biking
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Global Ranking#146634 in Mountain Biking [+]
- #361141 in Trail Running
- #65851 in Hiking
- #22060 in Snowshoeing
- #33446 in Winter Fat Biking
- #11922 in Gravel Biking
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State Ranking#2,454 in Mountain Biking · Massachusetts [+]
- #12,277 in Trail Running
- #1,431 in Hiking
- #2,246 in Snowshoeing
- #1,058 in Winter Fat Biking
- #447 in Gravel Biking
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Hiking SAC ScaleT1 Hiking
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeXC, Fat, Gravel
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DirectionBoth Directions
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Climb DifficultyGreen
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Physical RatingEasy
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Trail VisibilitySometimes hard to follow
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Family FriendlyYes
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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TTFs on TrailBridge
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Land OwnerTown of Sandwich and The State of Massachusetts
The Murkwood Loop is a narrow singletrack nature trail offering stunning views of Scorton Creek and the adjacent marsh. This trail is moderately overgrown, but the scenery more than compensates for the journey. There are a few bridges that cross over ditches created for mosquito control in the last century. At the midpoint of this hike, near the northern tip of the land, trail users can travel on a well-used footpath to a marsh island, where a plaque describes a former location of a historic home built more than a century ago. This footpath is inaccessible at high tide.
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
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Old Sandwich Game Farm WMA
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