• Walk south across the road 50 yards south of the split rail fence and enter woods.  Travel on narrow overgrown path to top of dunes.

• Turn right (south) on the path and travel along the top of dunes until you get to a hard right turn and continue.  Trail gets wider.

• At first fork go straight across.  The trail will widen.

• left on army road at 3-way fork.

• left at fork and go on slight downgrade

• take the first right, trail narrows and right again on smaller path to grave like mounds and the 1858 Higgins cellar hole.  View remaining Fresh Brook Village.  Last occupant died in 1905.

• return the last 50 feet and turn right and continue on path.

• go right (west) on small path and travel along the ridge of Fresh Brook.  Fresh Brook will be on your right.  Go under a large low tree limb and travel on a downgrade, following the brook.

• Continue on path until you reach the power lines and pole #117.  Then turn right (west) and walk up 20 yards to the Cape Cod Rail Trail bike path.  Turn right (north) on bike trail.

• Walk about 20 yards to the end of the wooden fence (after crossing Fresh Brook) and turn right and go toward the power lines and pole #118.  Turn left and take grassy path east.

• continue on path until you reach a small open area where you may find apple trees.  Trail is not distinct in this area.  Continue on this path through wooded area until you come to a large intersection where there will be a left, a soft right and a hard right,  take the hard right on the dirt road.

• Turn left at bend in road onto a small path into wooded area.

• right at first fork.

• continue straight when 1st left becomes visible.  The 2nd left is a shortcut to the parking lot (a few hundred feet), or continue straight for a slightly longer return route.  The longer route will take you back to the top of the dunes at the ocean edge where you will turn left.  There is a trail to the right that eventually dead-ends

• continue until you get to an open area where you will take a left fork.  This path will lead you to the parking lot and trail end.

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