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Oyster Pond–Salt Pond Acres Wildlife Area Beach, 5 beaches

2 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 43 min

Oyster Pond–Salt Pond Acres Wildlife Area Beach, 5 beaches is a 2-mile out-and-back near Quissett, MA. The route passes Quissett Beach, Trunk River Beach, Trunk River Beach and 2 more before reaching Oyster Pond at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3 – 95 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.53908, -70.64312
Nearest town Quissett, MA
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Oyster Pond–Salt Pond Acres Wildlife Area Beach, 5 beaches

2 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 43 min

Elevation 3–94 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.53908, -70.64312

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

Transit-accessible: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution stop 630 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Quissett Beach.
  3. 0.1 miPass Trunk River Beach.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miPass Trunk River Beach.
  9. 150 ftTurn left onto Shining Sea Bikeway, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miPass Trunk River Beach.
  11. 50 ftPass Salt Pond Acres Wildlife Area Beach.
  12. 0.3 miReach Oyster Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  18. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/oyster-pond-salt-pond-acres-wildlife-area-beach-out-back-7-beaches-3-km-4a81

Trail surface

47% paved7% dirt46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:13 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution stop 630 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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