Prospect Hill & Triphammer Pond via DH Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 255 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Prospect Hill & Triphammer Pond via DH Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Wompatuck State Park near Hingham Center, MA. The route passes Triphammer Pond before reaching Prospect Hill at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 255 ft. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Prospect Hill & Triphammer Pond via DH Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 255 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 31–239 ft
Out & Back · Wompatuck State Park
Trailhead: 42.22473, -70.86663
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 84°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Triphammer Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto DH Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftReach Prospect Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 7:20 PM for the 8:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Aaron River Reservoir–Triphammer Pond, 4 lakes 5.2 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Bigelow Boulder–Triphammer Pond, 3 rocks 5.4 mi · ▲ 111 ft
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