Off Limits - Do Not Enter–Snake Pond Road, 3 sights
10.1 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Off Limits - Do Not Enter–Snake Pond Road, 3 sights is a 10.1-mile out-and-back near Bourne, MA. It climbs 281 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Off Limits - Do Not Enter–Snake Pond Road, 3 sights
10.1 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Elevation 70–215 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.71887, -70.58378
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Off Limits - Do Not Enter, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Connery Avenue, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Snake Pond Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Pew Road, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Tank Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 250 ftReach Off Limits - Do Not Enter, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Pew Road, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Snake Pond Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Connery Avenue, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Off Limits - Do Not Enter, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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