Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area
Ashumet Pond & Blue Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Ashumet Pond & Blue Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area near Hatchville, MA. The route reaches Ashumet Pond at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ashumet Pond & Blue Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 49–93 ft
Out & Back · Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Blue Trail · 41.62034, -70.55631
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blue Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Green Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Ashumet Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Blue Trail Trailhead
- Jenkins Pond–Blue Trail, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Coonamessett Pond–Jenkins Pond, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Abandoned Trail–Blue Trail, 3 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Mt. Zig–Camp Edwards Main Gate, 7 sights 15.1 mi · ▲ 850 ft
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