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French Watering Place–Mary's Lake, 5 lakes is a 15-mile out-and-back near Naushon Station, MA. The route passes Mary's Lake, Blaney's Pond and French Watering Place. It climbs 581 ft. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3 – 164 ft15.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.50997, -70.71242
Nearest town Naushon Station, MA

Directions

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French Watering Place–Mary's Lake, 5 lakes

15 mi · ▲ 581 ft · 5 hr 17 min

Elevation 4–165 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.50997, -70.71242

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miPass Mary's Lake.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Main Road, heading W.
  7. 2.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  11. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  13. 0.5 miPass Blaney's Pond.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.8 miPass French Watering Place.
  16. 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
  17. 0.7 miSharp left onto Outer Western Hills, heading W.
  18. 0.5 miReach French Watering Place, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
  20. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
  21. 1.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 300 ftBear right, heading N.
  25. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  26. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  28. 2.1 miContinue straight onto Main Road, heading NE.
  29. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  30. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  31. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  32. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

1% dirt99% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:01 PM — 12 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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