Long Pond via Moraine Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 479 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Long Pond via Moraine Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Kettle Holes near West Falmouth, MA. The route reaches Long Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 479 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Long Pond via Moraine Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 479 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Elevation 13–185 ft
Out & Back · Kettle Holes
Trailhead: 41.60956, -70.60936
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Moraine Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.5 miReach Long Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:01 PM — 11 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Pine Hill–Camp Edwards Main Gate, 7 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 1,014 ft
- Crooked Pond via Moraine Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 289 ft
- Moraine Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 311 ft
- Moraine Trail Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 234 ft
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