Gunners Exchange Pond–Crooked Pond, 4 sights
8.7 mi · ▲ 216 ft · 3 hr
Gunners Exchange Pond–Crooked Pond, 4 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Myles Standish State Forest near South Pond, MA. The route passes Crooked Pond before reaching Gunners Exchange Pond at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 216 ft of elevation gain. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Gunners Exchange Pond–Crooked Pond, 4 sights
8.7 mi · ▲ 216 ft · 3 hr
Elevation 104–233 ft
Out & Back · Myles Standish State Forest
Trailhead: Three Corners Pond Road · 41.85855, -70.66276
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Three Corners Pond Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Torrey Pond Road, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sabbatia Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Federal Pond Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Wayont Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miPass Crooked Pond.
- 0.1 miReach Gunners Exchange Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Federal Pond Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Sabbatia Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Torrey Pond Road, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Three Corners Pond Road, heading SE.
- 350 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:13 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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