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Big Sandy Pond & Plashes Pond

4.9 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Big Sandy Pond & Plashes Pond is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Water Department Land near Yarmouth, MA. The route passes Plashes Pond before reaching Big Sandy Pond at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi13 – 118 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.68479, -70.23195
Nearest town Yarmouth, MA
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Big Sandy Pond & Plashes Pond

4.9 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 12–117 ft

Out & Back · Water Department Land

Trailhead: 41.68479, -70.23195

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  3. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miPass Plashes Pond.
  16. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 100 ftSharp right, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  19. 100 ftSharp right, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  22. 0.2 miReach Big Sandy Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  25. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  26. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  27. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  30. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  32. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  33. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  34. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  35. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  36. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  37. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  38. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  39. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  40. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  41. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  42. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/plashes-pond-plashes-pond-out-back-4-beaches-10-km-9db2

Weather

Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM — 14 min before dark.

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