Long Pond Watershed

Wings Pond–Shining Sea Bikeway Viewpoint, 6 lakes

12 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 4 hr 2 min

Wings Pond–Shining Sea Bikeway Viewpoint, 6 lakes is a 12-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Watershed near Falmouth, MA. The route passes Shining Sea Bikeway Viewpoint, Oyster Pond, Quahog Pond and 2 more. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3 – 49 ft12.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Path connecting to Fredrick William House B&B 41.56873, -70.61812
Nearest town Falmouth, MA

Directions

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Wings Pond–Shining Sea Bikeway Viewpoint, 6 lakes

12 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 4 hr 2 min

Elevation 2–50 ft

Out & Back · Long Pond Watershed

Trailhead: Path connecting to Fredrick William House B&B · 41.56873, -70.61812

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 66° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start on Path connecting to Fredrick William House B&B, heading NW.
  2. 100 ftSharp right onto Shining Sea Bikeway, heading N.
  3. 2.2 miPass Shining Sea Bikeway Viewpoint.
  4. 50 ftPass Oyster Pond.
  5. 50 ftPass Quahog Pond.
  6. 1.7 miPass Crocker Pond.
  7. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 0.6 miPass Wings Pond.
  11. 1.4 miReach Wings Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 2 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  16. 3.9 miSharp left onto Path connecting to Fredrick William House B&B, heading SE.
  17. 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 surface

97% paved3% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 80°F66°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity79%
Rained 0.3″ yesterday (0.5″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 5:41 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Wed 79°69° 16%
Thu 84°72°
Fri 87°72°
Sat 86°71°
Sun 91°69°
Mon 86°73°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:32 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM — 10 min before dark.

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