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.
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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 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 S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Main Road, heading W.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miPass Blaney's Pond.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miPass French Watering Place.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Outer Western Hills, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach French Watering Place, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Main Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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