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Cahoon Hollow Beach via Cape Cod Rail Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Fresh Brook, MA. The route reaches Cahoon Hollow Beach at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 322 ft. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi10 – 105 ft7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old King's Highway 41.89976, -69.98353
Nearest town Fresh Brook, MA

Directions

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Cahoon Hollow Beach via Cape Cod Rail Trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 322 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 9–105 ft

Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore

Trailhead: Old King's Highway · 41.89976, -69.98353

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:26 AM · sunset 6:43 PM

Transit-accessible: Marconi Beach stop 547 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old King's Highway, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Cape Cod Rail Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  6. 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
  7. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Bell Road, heading N.
  9. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  11. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  12. 200 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 0.2 miReach Cahoon Hollow Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  24. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  25. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  26. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  27. 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
  28. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  30. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  31. 400 ftBear left, heading S.
  32. 200 ftBear left onto Cape Cod Rail Trail, heading SW.
  33. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  34. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  35. 0.6 miTurn left onto Old King's Highway, heading S.
  36. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

55% dirt12% paved2% sand31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:26 AMSunset 6:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 6:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Marconi Beach stop 547 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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