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Bassets Lot Pond & Plashes Pond

5 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Bassets Lot Pond & Plashes Pond is a 5-mile out-and-back in Water Department Land near Yarmouth, MA. The route passes Bassets Lot Pond before reaching Plashes Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 166 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi23 – 118 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.68467, -70.21809
Nearest town Yarmouth, MA
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Bassets Lot Pond & Plashes Pond

5 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 23–117 ft

Out & Back · Water Department Land

Trailhead: 41.68467, -70.21809

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 200 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  15. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 0.3 miPass Plashes Pond.
  18. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  19. 50 ftReach Bassets Lot Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  22. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  27. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  29. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  30. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  32. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  34. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  35. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  36. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bassets-lot-pond-bassets-lot-pond-out-back-3-lakes-8-km

Trail surface

18% paved82% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 7:15 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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