Snake Pond Road & Tank Trail via Pew Road
9.7 mi · ▲ 282 ft · 3 hr 22 min
Snake Pond Road & Tank Trail via Pew Road is a 9.7-mile out-and-back near North Pocasset, MA. It climbs 282 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi69 – 217 ft10.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.70905, -70.58306
Nearest town North Pocasset, MA
Directions
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Snake Pond Road & Tank Trail via Pew Road
9.7 mi · ▲ 282 ft · 3 hr 22 min
Elevation 70–215 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.70905, -70.58306
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Off Limits - Do Not Enter, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Connery Avenue, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Snake Pond Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Pew Road, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 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 SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Pew Road, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Snake Pond Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Connery Avenue, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Off Limits - Do Not Enter, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp 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.
Trail surface
21% dirt79% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 6:45 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:11 PM — 2 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Chenault Road & Snake Pond Road via Pew Road 8.4 mi · ▲ 228 ft
- Connery Avenue 3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Fredrikson Road via Connery Avenue 5.7 mi · ▲ 121 ft
- Camp Edwards Main Gate & Fredrikson Road via Connery Avenue 4.5 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Pew Road & Snake Pond Road 5.6 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- Snake Pond Road via Connery Avenue 4 mi · ▲ 56 ft
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