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French Watering Place–Blaney's Pond, 4 sights is a 15.6-mile out-and-back near Naushon Station, MA. The route passes Blaney's Pond and French Watering Place. It climbs 586 ft. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3 – 164 ft16.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.50863, -70.70922
Nearest town Naushon Station, MA

Directions

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French Watering Place–Blaney's Pond, 4 sights

15.6 mi · ▲ 586 ft · 5 hr 30 min

Elevation 4–165 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.50863, -70.70922

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Main Road, heading W.
  7. 2.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  9. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  11. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miPass Blaney's Pond.
  14. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.7 miPass French Watering Place.
  16. 1.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  17. 0.7 miSharp left onto Outer Western Hills, heading SW.
  18. 0.5 miReach French Watering Place, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
  20. 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
  21. 1.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  24. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  25. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  26. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  28. 2.1 miContinue straight onto Main Road, heading NE.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  33. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  34. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

3% dirt97% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 5:57 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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