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.
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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 Aug 4: Drizzle, high 78°F / low 72° · precip 59% · wind 16 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Mary's Lake.
- 50 ftBear left onto Main Road, heading W.
- 2.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miPass Blaney's Pond.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miPass French Watering Place.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Outer Western Hills, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach French Watering Place, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Main Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:39 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM — 15 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- Mary's Lake via Main Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Mount Surat–Mary's Lake, 3 summits 4.2 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- Mount Cary–Mount Surat, 5 summits 7 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Mary's Lake–Crescent Beach, 5 beaches 13.5 mi · ▲ 383 ft
- West End Pond–Crescent Beach, 6 beaches 13.7 mi · ▲ 408 ft
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