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Cape Cod Canal Bikeway is a 9.8-mile out-and-back near Bourne, MA. It is mostly level, with 93 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi10 – 144 ft10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.74772, -70.57937
Nearest town Bourne, MA

Directions

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Cape Cod Canal Bikeway

9.8 mi · ▲ 93 ft · 3 hr 19 min

Elevation 11–143 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.74772, -70.57937

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Transit-accessible: Bourne stop 746 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading NE.
  3. 3.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Bayview Road, heading SW.
  6. 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto The Runway, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miBear left onto Bayview Road, heading N.
  11. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  12. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  13. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  14. 0.7 miTurn left onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading N.
  15. 3.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 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.

Trail surface

74% paved7% dirt19% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:38 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:58 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:29 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Bourne stop 746 m from the trailhead

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