Plashes Pond
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Plashes Pond is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Water Department Land near Yarmouth Station, MA. The route passes Plashes Pond and Plashes Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Plashes Pond
4.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 13–55 ft
Out & Back · Water Department Land
Trailhead: 41.67949, -70.25600
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miPass Plashes Pond.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miPass Plashes Pond.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Plashes Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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