Upper Massapoag Pond via Cow Pond Brook Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 508 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Upper Massapoag Pond via Cow Pond Brook Road is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Wharton Plantation near East Groton, MA. The route reaches Upper Massapoag Pond at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 508 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Upper Massapoag Pond via Cow Pond Brook Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 508 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 203–395 ft
Out & Back · Wharton Plantation
Trailhead: 42.61900, -71.49073
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Cow Pond Brook Road, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Upper Massapoag Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive 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 1.5 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 5:46 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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