Long Pond & Halfway Pond via Three Corners Pond Road
6.4 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Long Pond & Halfway Pond via Three Corners Pond Road is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Myles Standish State Forest near South Pond, MA. The route passes Halfway Pond before reaching Long Pond at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 302 ft. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Long Pond & Halfway Pond via Three Corners Pond Road
6.4 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 69–187 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 E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Three Corner Pond Rd Connector, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Gramp's Loop, heading SE.
- 0.5 miPass Halfway Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Long Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Three Corner Pond Rd Connector, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Three Corners Pond Road, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 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 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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