Mount Ann & Dykes Pond
4 mi · ▲ 442 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Mount Ann & Dykes Pond is a 4-mile out-and-back in Gloucester Water Supply Land near Kettle Cove Village, MA. The route passes Dykes Pond before reaching Mount Ann at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 442 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Ann & Dykes Pond
4 mi · ▲ 442 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 72–226 ft
Out & Back · 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 ftReach Mount Ann, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 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 1.8 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 8:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 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 Loop 5.4 mi · ▲ 472 ft
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