Mount Ann & Dykes Pond Loop
5.4 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Mount Ann & Dykes Pond Loop is a 5.4-mile loop in Gloucester Water Supply Land near Kettle Cove Village, MA. The route passes Dykes Pond and Mount Ann. It climbs 472 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Ann & Dykes Pond Loop
5.4 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 70–266 ft
Loop · Gloucester Water Supply Land
Trailhead: 42.59379, -70.74469
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Dykes Pond.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Mount Ann.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miThe loop closes 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 1.7 mi in (~49 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 8:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from this trailhead
- Lambert Hill & Dexter Pond 2.1 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- Mount Ann & Dykes Pond 4 mi · ▲ 442 ft
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