Snake Pond Road & Tank Trail via Pew Road

9.6 mi · ▲ 421 ft · 3 hr 25 min

Snake Pond Road & Tank Trail via Pew Road is a 9.6-mile out-and-back near North Pocasset, MA. It climbs 421 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi79 – 236 ft10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fire Road 41.71135, -70.57424
Nearest town North Pocasset, MA

Directions

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Snake Pond Road & Tank Trail via Pew Road

9.6 mi · ▲ 421 ft · 3 hr 25 min

Elevation 79–235 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Fire Road · 41.71135, -70.57424

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:43 PM

  1. Start on Fire Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 350 ftTurn left onto Snake Pond Road, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right onto Pew Road, heading E.
  10. 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miSharp left onto Tank Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.9 miReach Snake Pond Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.9 miSharp right, heading S.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 0.5 miBear right onto Pew Road, heading W.
  17. 1.1 miTurn left onto Snake Pond Road, heading N.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  22. 1.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  24. 350 ftTurn right onto Fire Road, heading NE.
  25. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

47% dirt53% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 6:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:23 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:43 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:11 PM.

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