Plashes Pond & Flax Pond via Cape Cod Rail Trail
9.2 mi · ▲ 141 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Plashes Pond & Flax Pond via Cape Cod Rail Trail is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Water Department Land near South Yarmouth, MA. The route passes Flax Pond and Plashes Pond before reaching Plashes Pond at the turnaround, 4.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 141 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Plashes Pond & Flax Pond via Cape Cod Rail Trail
9.2 mi · ▲ 141 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Elevation 12–117 ft
Out & Back · Water Department Land
Trailhead: 41.68582, -70.18469
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Flax Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Cape Cod Rail Trail, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftPass Plashes Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Plashes Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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 2.7 mi in (~67 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Sandy Pond Recreation Area Park Beach–Flax Pond, 3 beaches 8.9 mi · ▲ 116 ft
- Horse Pond–Water Department Land Beach, 3 beaches 9 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- Flax Pond–Old Mill Lane, 3 sights 10 mi · ▲ 143 ft
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