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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.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 164 ft14.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.50651, -70.71047
Nearest town Naushon Station, MA

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Mary's Lake.
  3. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  4. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Main Road, heading W.
  10. 2.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  15. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 0.8 miPass Crescent Beach.
  18. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  19. 150 ftTurn right onto North Main Road, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miPass West End Pond.
  22. 450 ftTurn left onto Pond Path, heading SW.
  23. 0.5 miTurn left onto Pine Woods Road, heading SE.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left onto South Main Road, heading SE.
  25. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  26. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  27. 0.4 miPass Blaney's Pond.
  28. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  29. 2.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  30. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  31. 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  32. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  33. 1.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  35. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  36. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  37. 200 ftBear left, heading NW.
  38. 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.

Trail surface

2% dirt98% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 78°F72°
Precip59%Wind16 mphUV8Humidity88%
Rained 0.3″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°70° 12 AM: 7% rain1 AM: 8% rain2 AM: 13% rain3 AM: 27% rain4 AM: 36% rain5 AM: 28% rain6 AM: 19% rain7 AM: 20% rain8 AM: 25% rain9 AM: 20% rain10 AM: 23% rain11 AM: 17% rain12 PM: 34% rain1 PM: 49% rain2 PM: 46% rain3 PM: 58% rain4 PM: 59% rain5 PM: 47% rain6 PM: 13% rain7 PM: 15% rain8 PM: 13% rain9 PM: 23% rain10 PM: 3% rain
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:59 PM
Tue 81°66°
Wed 85°65°
Thu 86°71°
Fri 90°71°
Sat 89°71°
Sun 90°70°

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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