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Wildcat Conservation Area

Four-mile Pond via Marsh Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 43 min

Four-mile Pond via Marsh Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Conservation Area near East Parish, MA. The route reaches Four-mile Pond at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi108 – 180 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.68149, -71.02661
Nearest town East Parish, MA
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Four-mile Pond via Marsh Trail

2.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 43 min

Elevation 110–180 ft

Out & Back · Wildcat Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.68149, -71.02661

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Twisted Lamb Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto TL-Ledge Connector, heading N.
  5. 150 ftTurn right onto Ledge Trail, heading NW.
  6. 450 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto BLP Extension, heading E.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miReach Four-mile Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wildcat Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto BLP Extension, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Marsh Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ledge Trail, heading NW.
  15. 450 ftTurn left onto TL-Ledge Connector, heading W.
  16. 150 ftTurn right onto Twisted Lamb Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  18. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/wildcat-ledge-overlook-wildcat-ledge-overlook-out-back-3-km

Trail surface

84% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 8:02 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:42 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:02 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:34 PM.

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