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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 Sep 21: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 6:41 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

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 6:41 PM

Good to know

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

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