3 Mile Lookout & Foundry Pond via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Bournedale, MA. The route passes Foundry Pond before reaching 3 Mile Lookout at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 36 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi3 – 62 ft5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.77184, -70.56536
Nearest town Bournedale, MA
Directions
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3 Mile Lookout & Foundry Pond via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway
5.4 mi · ▲ 36 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 2–61 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.77184, -70.56536
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Foundry Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bournedale Hills Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading SW.
- 1.9 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftReach 3 Mile Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Bournedale Hills Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
85% paved10% dirt5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 6:45 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~49 min). Leave by 5:36 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Foundry Pond–Electric Avenue Beach, 4 beaches 6.8 mi · ▲ 36 ft
- Signal Hill–Foundry Pond, 3 lakes 4.9 mi · ▲ 327 ft
- Foundry Pond & Canal Service Road via Bournedale Hills Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 117 ft
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