Cape Pond & Captain Nemo via Spiderman
5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Cape Pond & Captain Nemo via Spiderman is a 5-mile out-and-back in Briar Swamp near Five Pound Island, MA. The route reaches Cape Pond. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi69 – 164 ft5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.63109, -70.64522
Nearest town Five Pound Island, MA
Directions
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Cape Pond & Captain Nemo via Spiderman
5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 71–163 ft
Out & Back · Briar Swamp
Trailhead: 42.63109, -70.64522
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Rockport Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Rocky Rd, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Cape Pond.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Captain Nemo, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Spiderman, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Cape Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear right onto Captain Nemo, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Rocky Rd, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Old Rockport Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
45% dirt55% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 6:44 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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