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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Plashes Pond.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right onto Higgins Crowell Road, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Plashes Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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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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