Keith Hartford Sailing Center

Visiting and parking


The Keith Hartford Sailing Center is located on Great Herring Pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts, about ten minutes away from our main campus.  It is home to the Academy’s USCG approved Manned Model shiphandling program as well as our Sailing and Crew Teams.
 

 

Directions

From our Main Campus

  • Turn right at the end of Academy drive (Rte.6 East) (0.5 Miles)
  • Proceed through Buzzards Bay Village, and continue on Rte. 6 East until the traffic light at Bournedale (3.6 Miles)
  • Go left at this light, taking  a quick left at the general store ahead, and then  a quick right on Herring Pond Rd.
  • Travel about 1 mile and take a left on Little Sandy Pond Rd, which becomes Sandy Pond Road. (0.3 Miles)
  • At cluster of signs, bear right on Roxy Cahoon Rd. (0.7 miles)
  • Watching for signs leading to “Keith Hartford Sailing Center”, turn right on Trail’s End Cove.  There will be a stone monument at this turn.
  • Carefully follow signs for sailing center, bearing right at any forks. (0.3 miles)
  • Park in the lot above the center, and take the wooden stairs which wind down hill to the sailing center.

From Cape Cod via Sagamore Bridge

  • Go around rotary on north side of bridge, taking second Exit for Rte. 6 West Buzzards Bay, Providence.
  • Follow Rte 6, “Scenic Highway” west until the stop-light at “Bournedale”.,
  • Go right at this light, taking  a quick left at the general store ahead, and then  a quick right on Herring Pond Rd.
  • At cluster of signs, bear right on Roxy Cahoon Rd. (0.7 miles)
  • Watching for signs leading to “Keith Hartford Sailing Center”, turn right on Trail’s End Cove.  There will be a stone monument at this turn.
  • Carefully follow signs for sailing center, bearing right at any forks. (0.3 miles)
  • Park in the lot above the center, and take the wooden stairs which wind down hill to the sailing center.

From Route 3/Plymouth

  • Follow Route 3 South to Exit 2, Herring Pond Road
  • Take a left at the end of the ramp onto Herring Pond Road, then 1sr right onto Long Pond Rd.  (Little red school house on the corner).
  • Follow Long Pond Road approx. 0.8miles to fork, bear left onto Carter’s Bridge Road.  Follow road past Camp Bournedale, keeping pond on your left.  Paved road turns into dirt road.  Watch for stone monument and sign for Keith Hartford Sailing Center on left.  Turn left onto Trails End Cove Road, and follow to MMA facility.
  • Proceed through the gated entrance, park in the lot above the center, and take the wooden stairs which wind down hill to the sailing center.