Old Kings Highway
5.6 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Old Kings Highway is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Truro, MA. It climbs 402 ft. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Kings Highway
5.6 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 23–147 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.98718, -70.04552
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 5:37 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Kings Highway, heading NW.
- 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 350 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 0.3 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:30 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM — 9 min before dark.
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