Deer Park Hill–Cliff Pond, 4 lakes is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Nickerson State Park near South Orleans, MA. The route passes Nickerson State Park Beach, Grassy Nook Pond, Cliff Pond and 5 more before reaching Nickerson State Park Beach at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 374 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Deer Park Hill–Cliff Pond, 4 lakes
5.2 mi · ▲ 374 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Elevation 26–139 ft
Out & Back · Nickerson State Park
Trailhead: 41.73708, -70.02268
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:38 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Recreation Path, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Silas Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Nickerson State Park Beach.
- 300 ftPass Grassy Nook Pond.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Cliff Pond.
- 50 ftPass Nickerson State Park Beach.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Cliff Pond Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Nickerson State Park Beach.
- 0.2 miPass Nickerson State Park Beach.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miPass Deer Park Hill.
- 400 ftPass Nickerson State Park Beach.
- 150 ftBear left onto Deer Park Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miPass Nickerson State Park Beach.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Deer Park Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Cliff Pond Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Silas Road, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Recreation Path, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 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 1.9 mi in (~49 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Rafe Pond via Silas Road 2 mi · ▲ 116 ft
- Ruth Pond via Silas Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 146 ft
- Grassy Nook Pond & Nickerson State Park Beach via Silas Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 172 ft
- Little Cliff Pond–Higgin's Pond, 4 lakes 3.4 mi · ▲ 336 ft
- Little Cliff Pond–Higgin's Pond, 3 lakes 3.7 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Cahoon Pond via Silas Road 4 mi · ▲ 234 ft
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