Island Loop Trail
10.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 3 hr 32 min
Island Loop Trail is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Island Pond Conservation Area near South Dennis, MA. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Island Loop Trail
10.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 3 hr 32 min
Elevation 4–64 ft
Out & Back · Island Pond Conservation Area
Trailhead: 41.69235, -70.16621
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Cape Cod Rail Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Island Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.5 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Cape Cod Rail Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.2 mi in (~129 min). Leave by 5:28 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from this trailhead
- Cape Cod Rail Trail 3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Cape Cod Rail Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft
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