Foundry Pond–Electric Avenue Beach, 4 beaches is a 6.8-mile out-and-back near Bournedale, MA. The route passes Foundry Pond and Taylors Point Beach before reaching Electric Avenue Beach at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 36 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi0 – 62 ft7.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.77184, -70.56536
Nearest town Bournedale, MA
Directions
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Foundry Pond–Electric Avenue Beach, 4 beaches
6.8 mi · ▲ 36 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 1–61 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.77184, -70.56536
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Foundry Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bournedale Hills Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading SW.
- 1.9 miSharp left, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left onto Canal Street, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Taylors Point Beach.
- 300 ftPass Electric Avenue Beach.
- 150 ftReach Foundry Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear right, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading NW.
- 1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Bournedale Hills Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
86% paved8% dirt6% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 83°F64°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity87%
Rained 0.8″ yesterday (1″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Wed
82°66°
Thu
84°73°
Fri
87°73°
Sat
88°72°
16%
Sun
88°72°
Mon
97°74°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~83 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Foundry Pond & Canal Service Road via Bournedale Hills Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 117 ft
- Signal Hill–Foundry Pond, 3 lakes 4.9 mi · ▲ 327 ft
- 3 Mile Lookout & Foundry Pond via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway 5.4 mi · ▲ 36 ft
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