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Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail & Old Wireless Road is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Fresh Brook, MA. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi13 – 85 ft2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.89913, -69.98352
Nearest town Fresh Brook, MA

Directions

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Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail & Old Wireless Road

2.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 56 min

Elevation 12–85 ft

Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore

Trailhead: 41.89913, -69.98352

Weather Aug 3: Heavy rain, high 79°F / low 72° · precip 49% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 5:36 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Transit-accessible: Marconi Beach stop 617 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 250 ftContinue straight onto Old King's Highway, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Old Wireless Road, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftReach Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old King's Highway, 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

36% dirt12% sand52% unspecified

Weather

Heavy rainTemperature 79°F72°
Precip49%Wind14 mphUV8Humidity94%
Rained 0.5″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°70° 12 AM: 9% rain1 AM: 2% rain2 AM: 1% rain3 AM: 18% rain4 AM: 36% rain5 AM: 49% rain6 AM: 23% rain7 AM: 21% rain8 AM: 16% rain9 AM: 15% rain10 AM: 13% rain11 AM: 14% rain12 PM: 17% rain1 PM: 45% rain2 PM: 35% rain3 PM: 26% rain4 PM: 33% rain5 PM: 38% rain6 PM: 37% rain7 PM: 10% rain8 PM: 15% rain9 PM: 11% rain10 PM: 3% rain
Sunrise 5:36 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Tue 80°65°
Wed 85°64°
Thu 86°72°
Fri 89°73°
Sat 87°71° 15%
Sun 87°72°

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Marconi Beach stop 617 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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