Flax Pond & Plashes Pond via Cape Cod Rail Trail
11.2 mi · ▲ 145 ft · 3 hr 48 min
Flax Pond & Plashes Pond via Cape Cod Rail Trail is an 11.2-mile out-and-back in Syrjala Conservation Area near West Yarmouth, MA. The route passes Plashes Pond and Flax Pond before reaching Flax Pond at the turnaround, 5.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 145 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Flax Pond & Plashes Pond via Cape Cod Rail Trail
11.2 mi · ▲ 145 ft · 3 hr 48 min
Elevation 6–117 ft
Out & Back · Syrjala Conservation Area
Trailhead: 41.65537, -70.22428
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Plashes Pond.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cape Cod Rail Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 400 ftPass Flax Pond.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Flax Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 2.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 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.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Bassets Lot Pond & Plashes Pond via Larry/Bill/Ed Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Jabinettes Pond–Water Department Land Beach, 4 beaches 4.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Little Sandy Pond–Water Department Land Beach, 4 beaches 4.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Little Sandy Pond–Water Department Land Beach, 4 beaches 5.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Plashes Pond & Higgins Crowell Road 6.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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