Long Pond & Moraine Trail
8.1 mi · ▲ 554 ft · 2 hr 59 min
Long Pond & Moraine Trail is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Watershed near Teaticket, MA. The route reaches Long Pond. It climbs 554 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Long Pond & Moraine Trail
8.1 mi · ▲ 554 ft · 2 hr 59 min
Elevation 13–157 ft
Out & Back · Long Pond Watershed
Trailhead: 41.57437, -70.60526
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 66° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Moraine Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Long Pond.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Long Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 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 1.2 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Long Pond via Moraine Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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