Snake Pond Road & Tank Trail via Pew Road
9.6 mi · ▲ 421 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Snake Pond Road & Tank Trail via Pew Road is a 9.6-mile out-and-back near North Pocasset, MA. It climbs 421 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Snake Pond Road & Tank Trail via Pew Road
9.6 mi · ▲ 421 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Elevation 79–235 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Fire Road · 41.71135, -70.57424
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 80°F / low 72° · precip 55% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start on Fire Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Snake Pond Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Pew Road, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Tank Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miReach Snake Pond Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Pew Road, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Snake Pond Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Fire Road, heading NE.
- 450 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:38 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:58 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:29 PM.
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More from Fire Road Trailhead
- Snake Pond Road Loop 2.9 mi · ▲ 200 ft
- Snake Pond Road 3 mi · ▲ 173 ft
- Snake Pond Road Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- Snake Pond Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- Off Limits - Do Not Enter Loop via Canal View Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 142 ft
- Fredrikson Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 193 ft
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