Dexter Pond & Forest Lane
4.2 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Dexter Pond & Forest Lane is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Gloucester Water Supply Land near Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. The route reaches Dexter Pond. It climbs 281 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dexter Pond & Forest Lane
4.2 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 65–169 ft
Out & Back · Gloucester Water Supply Land
Trailhead: 42.58480, -70.75082
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Dexter Pond.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Forest Lane, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Dexter Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 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 0.5 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 7:27 PM for the 8:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM — 4 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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