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Hovey Pond & Point Rok Beach is a 5.5-mile out-and-back near Dorothy Manor, MA. The route passes Point Rok Beach before reaching Hovey Pond at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi351 – 423 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.21041, -71.73924
Nearest town Dorothy Manor, MA

Directions

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Hovey Pond & Point Rok Beach

5.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 352–422 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 42.21041, -71.73924

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
  3. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miPass Point Rok Beach.
  6. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 0.6 miReach Hovey Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
  15. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
  16. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

31% gravel31% dirt38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:04 PM

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