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Woodside Cemetery Pond–Doane Street, 3 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Wompatuck State Park near Beechwood, MA. The route reaches Woodside Cemetery Pond at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 170 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi36 – 121 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Doane Street 42.21591, -70.82412
Nearest town Beechwood, MA

Directions

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Woodside Cemetery Pond–Doane Street, 3 sights

5.2 mi · ▲ 170 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 37–122 ft

Out & Back · Wompatuck State Park

Trailhead: Doane Street · 42.21591, -70.82412

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:00 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Doane Street, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Milliken Memorial Path, heading N.
  4. 0.7 miBear left onto James Hill Lane, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miReach Woodside Cemetery Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.6 miBear right onto Milliken Memorial Path, heading SE.
  12. 1.2 miTurn left onto Doane Street, heading S.
  13. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

43% dirt32% paved25% gravel

Weather

OvercastTemperature 83°F62°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity77%
Rained 0.4″ yesterday (0.7″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:00 PM
Wed 85°63°
Thu 88°72° 26%
Fri 94°73° 28%
Sat 90°70° 36%
Sun 86°69° 16%
Mon 93°74° 15%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 7:18 PM for the 8:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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