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Water Department Land

Plashes Pond & Higgins Crowell Road

4.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Plashes Pond & Higgins Crowell Road is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Water Department Land near West Yarmouth, MA. The route reaches Plashes Pond. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi16 – 79 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: McNamara Path 41.67244, -70.22481
Nearest town West Yarmouth, MA
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Plashes Pond & Higgins Crowell Road

4.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 15–80 ft

Out & Back · Water Department Land

Trailhead: McNamara Path · 41.67244, -70.22481

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

  1. Start on McNamara Path, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Plashes Pond.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  12. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
  18. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  19. 150 ftBear right onto Higgins Crowell Road, heading W.
  20. 50 ftReach Plashes Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  24. 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  25. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  27. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  28. 500 ftBear left, heading S.
  29. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  30. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  31. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  32. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  33. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  35. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  36. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  37. 150 ftBear right onto McNamara Path, heading E.
  38. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/plashes-pond-out-back-8-km-8498

Trail surface

65% dirt35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:25 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM — 4 min before dark.

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