Crooked Pond via Moraine Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 289 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Crooked Pond via Moraine Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Anna Gordon Moraine Trail near West Falmouth, MA. The route reaches Crooked Pond at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 289 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Crooked Pond via Moraine Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 289 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 34–155 ft
Out & Back · Anna Gordon Moraine Trail
Trailhead: 41.60956, -70.60936
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Moraine Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pickeral Way, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Crooked Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Moraine Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:13 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Pine Hill–Camp Edwards Main Gate, 7 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 1,014 ft
- Long Pond via Moraine Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 479 ft
- Moraine Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 311 ft
- Moraine Trail Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 234 ft
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