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Pool Hill Town Forest

Pool Hill–Cape Pond, 5 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 2 hr

Pool Hill–Cape Pond, 5 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Pool Hill Town Forest near Lands End, MA. The route passes Cape Pond and Cape Pond before reaching Pool Hill at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi66 – 184 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.65038, -70.60597
Nearest town Lands End, MA
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Pool Hill–Cape Pond, 5 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 65–182 ft

Out & Back · Pool Hill Town Forest

Trailhead: 42.65038, -70.60597

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:38 AM · sunset 8:01 PM

Transit-accessible: South Street & Jerdens Lane stop 495 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right onto Old Joppa Road, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rum Runner, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miPass Cape Pond.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miPass Cape Pond.
  8. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Rocky Rd, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miBear right onto Town Forest Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miReach Pool Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 0.4 miBear right onto Rum Runner, heading E.
  23. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Joppa Road, heading NE.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  25. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/pool-hill-cape-pond-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

45% dirt3% other52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:38 AMSunset 8:01 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: South Street & Jerdens Lane stop 495 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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