1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
2. 50 ftPass Fishermans Beach.
3. 100 ftSharp right, heading NW.
4. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
5. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
6. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
7. 0.2 miPass Ponkapoag Pond.
8. 50 ftTurn right onto Acton Path, heading NE.
9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
10. 0.3 miPass Fishermans Beach.
11. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
12. 0.8 miTurn left onto Hemlock Road, heading NE.
13. 350 ftBear right onto Vose Path, heading E.
14. 150 ftTurn right onto Charles L. Bowley Memorial Bridge, heading N.
15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pipe Line, heading E.
16. 0.3 miBear right onto Middle Road, heading N.
17. 0.5 miTurn right onto Smith Trail, heading N.
18. 0.1 miReach Ponkapoag Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
19. 0.1 miTurn left onto Middle Road, heading E.
20. 0.5 miBear left onto Pipe Line, heading W.
21. 0.3 miTurn right onto Charles L. Bowley Memorial Bridge, heading S.
22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Vose Path, heading SW.
23. 150 ftBear left onto Hemlock Road, heading W.
24. 350 ftTurn right onto Acton Path, heading W.
25. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
28. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
29. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
30. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
31. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
32. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ponkapoag-pond-fishermans-beach-out-back-4-beaches