West End Pond–Crescent Beach Loop, 7 sights is a 13.7-mile loop near Naushon Station, MA. The route passes Mary's Lake, Crescent Beach, West End Pond and Blaney's Pond. It climbs 495 ft. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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West End Pond–Crescent Beach Loop, 7 sights
13.7 mi · ▲ 495 ft · 4 hr 49 min
Elevation 1–165 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 41.50651, -70.71047
Weather Aug 4: Drizzle, high 78°F / low 72° · precip 59% · wind 16 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Mary's Lake.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Main Road, heading W.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miPass Crescent Beach.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto North Main Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass West End Pond.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Pond Path, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Pine Woods Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto South Main Road, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miPass Blaney's Pond.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftThe loop closes 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 1.0 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 7:13 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from this trailhead
- Main Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 31 ft
- Mary's Lake via Main Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Mount Cary–Mount Surat, 4 summits 6.8 mi · ▲ 201 ft
- Mount Cary–Mount Surat, 5 summits 7 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Mary's Lake–Crescent Beach, 5 beaches 13.5 mi · ▲ 383 ft
- West End Pond–Crescent Beach, 6 beaches 13.7 mi · ▲ 408 ft
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