Crane Brook Bog Reservoir–Halfway Pond Road, 5 sights
14.2 mi · ▲ 597 ft · 5 hr 2 min
Crane Brook Bog Reservoir–Halfway Pond Road, 5 sights is a 14.2-mile out-and-back in Myles Standish State Forest near South Pond, MA. The route reaches Crane Brook Bog Reservoir. It climbs 597 ft. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Crane Brook Bog Reservoir–Halfway Pond Road, 5 sights
14.2 mi · ▲ 597 ft · 5 hr 2 min
Elevation 76–233 ft
Out & Back · Myles Standish State Forest
Trailhead: 41.89037, -70.63317
Weather Aug 4: Drizzle, high 78°F / low 72° · precip 62% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Wayont Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Federal Pond Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Sabbatia Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Torrey Pond Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sabbatia Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Three Corners Pond Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Jessup Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Dunham Road, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 500 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Halfway Pond Road, heading S.
- 0.8 miPass Crane Brook Bog Reservoir.
- 0.5 miReach Crane Brook Bog Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Dunham Road, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Jessup Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Three Cornered Pond Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Sabbatia Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Torrey Pond Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sabbatia Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Federal Pond Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Wayont Road, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.9 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 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 2.0 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 8:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Wayont Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 283 ft
- Wayont Road 5 mi · ▲ 383 ft
- Kamesit Road 5.4 mi · ▲ 306 ft
- Howland Road 5.5 mi · ▲ 352 ft
- Torrey Pond Road & Wayont Road 7.8 mi · ▲ 513 ft
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