Old Kings Highway
7.4 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 2 hr 37 min
Old Kings Highway is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near South Truro, MA. It climbs 306 ft. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Kings Highway
7.4 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 2 hr 37 min
Elevation 14–147 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.96276, -70.05663
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 6:41 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.3 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 NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Kings Highway, heading W.
- 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.8 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:21 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:41 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:09 PM.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Old Kings Highway
- 3.3 mi · out & back · via Old Kings Highway
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Old Kings Highway
- 5.5 mi · out & back · via Old Kings Highway
- 5.6 mi · out & back · via Old Kings Highway
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Old Kings Highway
- 5.9 mi · out & back · via Old Kings Highway
- 6.4 mi · out & back · via Old Kings Highway
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