Great Island Pond–Long Island Pond, 8 sights
6.7 mi · ▲ 917 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Great Island Pond–Long Island Pond, 8 sights is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Little Island Pond near Cedar Bushes, MA. The route passes Great Island Pond and Long Island Pond. It climbs 917 ft. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Great Island Pond–Long Island Pond, 8 sights
6.7 mi · ▲ 917 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Elevation 28–362 ft
Out & Back · Little Island Pond
Trailhead: 41.88968, -70.57513
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Great Island Pond.
- 0.6 miPass Long Island Pond.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Foothills Preserve Path, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto The In Between, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Into The Unknown, heading SW.
- 300 ftReach Great Island Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Knobby, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Ridge Run, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Pine Hills Powerlines, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Pine Hills Powerlines Alternate, heading W.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right onto Social Hard, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Lookout Access Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Access Road Connector, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Dawn's Light, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~81 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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