Oyster Pond–Salt Pond Acres Wildlife Area Beach, 5 beaches is a 2-mile out-and-back near Quissett, MA. The route passes Trunk River Beach, Quissett Beach, Trunk River Beach and Salt Pond Acres Wildlife Area Beach before reaching Oyster Pond at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi3 – 36 ft2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.52674, -70.65284
Nearest town Quissett, MA
Directions
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Oyster Pond–Salt Pond Acres Wildlife Area Beach, 5 beaches
2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min
Elevation 3–37 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.52674, -70.65284
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Transit-accessible: SSA Parking Lot Shuttle Stop stop 636 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Shining Sea Bikeway, heading E.
- 450 ftPass Trunk River Beach.
- 0.1 miPass Quissett Beach.
- 0.2 miPass Trunk River Beach.
- 50 ftPass Salt Pond Acres Wildlife Area Beach.
- 0.3 miReach Oyster Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 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 surface
70% paved3% dirt27% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 6:45 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: SSA Parking Lot Shuttle Stop stop 636 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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