Long Hill & Dexter Pond
2.8 mi · ▲ 265 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Long Hill & Dexter Pond is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. The route passes Dexter Pond and Long Hill. It climbs 265 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Long Hill & Dexter Pond
2.8 mi · ▲ 265 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 35–196 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.58381, -70.75103
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Dexter Pond.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Long Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive 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 0.8 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 8:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Dexter Pond & Forest Lane 4.2 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- Mount Ann–Dykes Pond, 3 lakes 7.1 mi · ▲ 621 ft
- Dykes Pond–Lily Pond, 3 lakes 7.6 mi · ▲ 632 ft
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