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Big Sandy Pond & Plashes Pond

5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 40 min

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

Elevation

0 mi13 – 56 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.67949, -70.25600
Nearest town Yarmouth Station, MA
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Big Sandy Pond & Plashes Pond

5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 12–55 ft

Out & Back · Water Department Land

Trailhead: 41.67949, -70.25600

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
  11. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  15. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miPass Plashes Pond.
  17. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  20. 100 ftSharp right, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 0.2 miReach Big Sandy Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  26. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  27. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  28. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  31. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  35. 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
  36. 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  37. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  38. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  39. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  40. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  41. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  42. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  43. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  44. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/big-sandy-pond-plashes-pond-out-back-8-km-05b9

Trail surface

23% dirt77% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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