Old Kings Highway
6.4 mi · ▲ 321 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Old Kings Highway is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Truro, MA. It climbs 321 ft. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Kings Highway
6.4 mi · ▲ 321 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Elevation 4–147 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.99393, -70.03899
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:37 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Kings Highway, heading SW.
- 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive 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 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM — 13 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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More from this trailhead
- Pamet Point Exit 6.9 mi · ▲ 430 ft
- Old Kings Highway 7 mi · ▲ 350 ft
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