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Sandy Pond Recreation Area Park Beach & Old Mill Lane via Snowman Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Sandy Pond Recreation Area Park Beach & Old Mill Lane via Snowman Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Yarmouth, MA. The route reaches Sandy Pond Recreation Area Park Beach at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi30 – 115 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.68441, -70.23314
Nearest town Yarmouth, MA
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Sandy Pond Recreation Area Park Beach & Old Mill Lane via Snowman Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 30–116 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.68441, -70.23314

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  7. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Mill Lane, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  13. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Mill Way, heading S.
  15. 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Mill Lane, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miBear right onto Benjamin Way, heading S.
  17. 100 ftTurn left onto Snowman Trail, heading S.
  18. 50 ftReach Sandy Pond Recreation Area Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Benjamin Way, heading S.
  20. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  21. 350 ftContinue straight onto Old Mill Lane, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Mill Way, heading S.
  23. 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Mill Lane, heading SW.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  25. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  26. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  29. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  30. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  31. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  33. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  34. 50 ftArrive 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/old-mill-lane-out-back-5-km-85d5

Trail surface

36% dirt64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:37 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:57 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:28 PM.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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