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Westend Pond & Church's Beach is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Cuttyhunk, MA. The route passes Church's Beach and Westend Pond. It is mostly level, with 192 ft of elevation gain. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 151 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.42135, -70.93313
Nearest town Cuttyhunk, MA

Directions

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Westend Pond & Church's Beach

4.7 mi · ▲ 192 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation -1–151 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.42135, -70.93313

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 7:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Church's Beach.
  3. 350 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miReach Westend Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  10. 1.5 miBear left, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  15. 100 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

3% dirt97% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 7:59 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:37 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM — 14 min before dark.

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