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Red Brook Wildlife Management Area

Nightingale Pond & Sandy Pond Road

12.9 mi · ▲ 252 ft · 4 hr 26 min

Nightingale Pond & Sandy Pond Road is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Red Brook Wildlife Management Area near White Island Shores, MA. The route reaches Nightingale Pond. It climbs 252 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi23 – 115 ft14.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.78633, -70.64152
Nearest town White Island Shores, MA
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Nightingale Pond & Sandy Pond Road

12.9 mi · ▲ 252 ft · 4 hr 26 min

Elevation 24–116 ft

Out & Back · Red Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 41.78633, -70.64152

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:59 PM

Transit-accessible: Tedeschi's stop 112 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto White Island Road, heading E.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  17. 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  19. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  20. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  22. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  27. 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
  28. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  29. 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  32. 1.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  33. 300 ftReach Nightingale Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  34. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  35. 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
  36. 0.1 miSharp left onto Tanager Lane, heading NE.
  37. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  38. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  39. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  40. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  41. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  42. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  43. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  44. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  45. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  46. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  47. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  48. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  49. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  50. 50 ftTurn left onto Sandy Pond Road, heading NE.
  51. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  52. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  53. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  54. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  55. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  56. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  57. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  58. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  59. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  60. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  61. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  62. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  63. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  64. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  65. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  66. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  67. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  68. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  69. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  70. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  71. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  72. 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
  73. 100 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  74. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  75. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  76. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  77. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  78. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  79. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  80. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/nightingale-pond-nightingale-pond-out-back-22-km

Trail surface

30% dirt70% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 83°F63°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity88%
Rained 0.3″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:59 PM
Wed 82°65°
Thu 85°72°
Fri 89°72°
Sat 89°72° 20%
Sun 88°72°
Mon 97°74°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:35 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM — 12 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Tedeschi's stop 112 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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