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Gumpas Pond Conservation Area

Pelham Town Beach–Beaver Pond Loop, 8 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 461 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Pelham Town Beach–Beaver Pond Loop, 8 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Gumpas Pond Conservation Area near Varnumtown, MA. The route reaches Pelham Town Beach. It climbs 461 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi157 – 420 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Clifton Trail 42.70436, -71.36291
Nearest town Varnumtown, MA
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Pelham Town Beach–Beaver Pond Loop, 8 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 461 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Elevation 157–418 ft

Out & Back · Gumpas Pond Conservation Area

Trailhead: Clifton Trail · 42.70436, -71.36291

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Clifton Trail, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Pelham Town Beach.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Phoebe Rock Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Seavey Hill Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right onto Long Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tower Hill Road, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Long Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Beaver Pond Loop, heading NW.
  10. 0.6 miReach Pelham Town Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 500 ftTurn right onto Cottontail Lane, heading N.
  13. 0.9 miTurn right onto Skyview Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Spaulding Hill Road Loop, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Skyview Access Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Spaulding Hill Road Loop, heading S.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left onto Garden Way, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Seavey Hill Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.5 miTurn right onto Phoebe Rock Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Clifton Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.1 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/pelham-town-beach-beaver-pond-loop-out-back-8-sights

Trail surface

74% dirt2% gravel24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 7:14 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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