Water Department Land

Plashes Pond & Higgins Crowell Road

4.7 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 37 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 108 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi13 – 82 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.66625, -70.22554
Nearest town West Yarmouth, MA

Directions

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Plashes Pond & Higgins Crowell Road

4.7 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 14–80 ft

Out & Back · Water Department Land

Trailhead: 41.66625, -70.22554

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Plashes Pond.
  3. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  18. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  20. 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 150 ftBear right onto Higgins Crowell Road, heading W.
  23. 50 ftReach Plashes Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  25. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  27. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  28. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  29. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  31. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  32. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  33. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  34. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  35. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  36. 500 ftBear left, heading S.
  37. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  38. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  39. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  40. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  41. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  42. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  43. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  44. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

54% dirt46% 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 8:23 PM — 5 min before dark.

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