Abner Pond & East Line Road
13.7 mi · ▲ 273 ft · 4 hr 42 min
Abner Pond & East Line Road is a 13.7-mile out-and-back in Myles Standish State Forest near Tihonet, MA. The route passes Abner Pond and Abner Pond. It climbs 273 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Abner Pond & East Line Road
13.7 mi · ▲ 273 ft · 4 hr 42 min
Elevation 52–194 ft
Out & Back · Myles Standish State Forest
Trailhead: 41.80196, -70.67988
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto South Line Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Southeast Line Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Abner Pond.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Abner Pond.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Pine Barrens Path, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Webster Springs Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto East Line Road, heading E.
- 2.8 miTurn left onto Liggett Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Abner Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto East Line Road, heading E.
- 2.8 miTurn right onto Webster Springs Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pine Barrens Path, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Southeast Line Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto South Line Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:44 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:11 PM.
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