Snake Pond Road
4.2 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Snake Pond Road is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Bourne, MA. It climbs 288 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Snake Pond Road
4.2 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 79–235 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Canal View Road · 41.71770, -70.57422
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Snake Pond Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Snake Pond Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:38 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:58 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:29 PM.
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More from Canal View Road Trailhead
- Snake Pond Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 260 ft
- Canal View Road 3.9 mi · ▲ 293 ft
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