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Peters Pond at Oakcrest Cove Beach–Marist Street, 4 sights

13.9 mi · ▲ 450 ft · 4 hr 52 min

Peters Pond at Oakcrest Cove Beach–Marist Street, 4 sights is a 13.9-mile out-and-back in Fisk Forestdale Lot near The Springs, MA. The route reaches Peters Pond at Oakcrest Cove Beach at the turnaround, 7 miles in. It climbs 450 ft. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi85 – 233 ft14.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.73672, -70.49102
Nearest town The Springs, MA
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Peters Pond at Oakcrest Cove Beach–Marist Street, 4 sights

13.9 mi · ▲ 450 ft · 4 hr 52 min

Elevation 87–234 ft

Out & Back · Fisk Forestdale Lot

Trailhead: 41.73672, -70.49102

Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 64°F / low 50° · precip 66% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 500 ftContinue straight onto Old Forestdale Road, heading N.
  4. 200 ftTurn left onto Marist Street, heading W.
  5. 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Spruce Camp Road, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miSharp left onto Jefferson Road, heading SW.
  10. 2.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.7 miSharp left, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right onto Peters Pond Drive Trail, heading SE.
  15. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 0.3 miReach Peters Pond at Oakcrest Cove Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  19. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  21. 0.7 miTurn left onto Jefferson Road, heading N.
  22. 2.6 miSharp right onto Spruce Camp Road, heading NW.
  23. 1.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 0.4 miTurn right onto Marist Street, heading N.
  26. 1.1 miTurn right onto Old Forestdale Road, heading E.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  28. 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/peters-pond-at-oakcrest-cove-beach-out-back-19-km-5ce5

Trail surface

6% dirt94% unspecified

Weather

Light rainTemperature 64°F50°
Precip66%Wind3 mphUV2Humidity92%
Rained 3.3″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50° 3 AM: 3% rain4 AM: 15% rain5 AM: 7% rain6 AM: 9% rain7 AM: 2% rain8 AM: 1% rain9 AM: 5% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 1% rain12 PM: 3% rain1 PM: 14% rain2 PM: 36% rain3 PM: 56% rain4 PM: 66% rain5 PM: 58% rain6 PM: 37% rain7 PM: 10% rain8 PM: 15% rain9 PM: 16% rain10 PM: 17% rain11 PM: 28% rain
Sunrise 6:28 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:45 PM
Mon 62°57° 60%
Tue 59°55° 16%
Wed 62°55°
Thu 63°57° 28%
Fri 61°55° 50%
Sat 59°55° 47%

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 7:12 PM.

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