Start at the pier by the boat ramp at Pope's Landing.

Go out the river to the Kernwood Bridge (approx 1.7 miles), go through the center span.

Continue across the open bay to the combined Beverly-Salem railroad and car road bridges (approx 2.3 miles from the start), go through the right-center span of both bridges, and immediately turn counter-clockwise back through the bridges and back into the river towards the start.

stay right, and about a third of the way back to the Kernwood Bridge, take a right down the Bass River to the Bridge Street Bridge (approx 0.9 miles from the Beverly-Salem Bridges). Turn clockwise on the bridge, and return out the Bass River on the left side.

Go back to the left to the Beverly-Salem Bridges, make a clockwise turn, going through the center span on the return.

Proceed straight back to the Kernwood Bridge, passing through the center span

Return (after passing the golf course on the left, favor the right side of the river) back to the start.  You are finished when you pass the front edge of the starting pier.