Dykes Pond & SkinnyDipper
6.7 mi · ▲ 465 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Dykes Pond & SkinnyDipper is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Gloucester Water Supply Land near Kettle Cove Village, MA. The route reaches Dykes Pond. It climbs 465 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dykes Pond & SkinnyDipper
6.7 mi · ▲ 465 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Elevation 72–189 ft
Out & Back · Gloucester Water Supply Land
Trailhead: 42.58732, -70.73744
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Dykes Pond.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left onto SkinnyDipper, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Dykes Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:35 PM for the 8:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM — 13 min before dark.
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More from this trailhead
- Forest Lane 4.1 mi · ▲ 315 ft
- Dykes Pond 4.2 mi · ▲ 316 ft
- Mount Ann & Dykes Pond Loop via Yellow Arrow 6.3 mi · ▲ 536 ft
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