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Ram Pasture

Maxcy Pond & Washing Pond via Madaket Bike Path

8.9 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Maxcy Pond & Washing Pond via Madaket Bike Path is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Ram Pasture near Madaket, MA. The route passes Maxcy Pond and Maxcy Pond before reaching Washing Pond at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 112 ft of elevation gain. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7 – 52 ft9.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.26672, -70.17517
Nearest town Madaket, MA
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Maxcy Pond & Washing Pond via Madaket Bike Path

8.9 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Elevation 8–51 ft

Out & Back · Ram Pasture

Trailhead: 41.26672, -70.17517

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  3. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 1.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftPass Maxcy Pond.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Madaket Bike Path, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 50 ftPass Maxcy Pond.
  14. 300 ftBear left, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miPass Washing Pond.
  16. 0.2 miReach Maxcy Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  21. 1.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  26. 1.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  27. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/long-pond-long-pond-out-back-17-km-8fbd

Trail surface

30% dirt6% paved64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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