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Cape Cod Canal Bikeway is an 11.3-mile out-and-back near Bourne, MA. It climbs 255 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7 – 197 ft · steepest grade: 16%11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cape Cod Canal Bikeway 41.74693, -70.58872
Nearest town Bourne, MA

Directions

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Cape Cod Canal Bikeway

11.3 mi · ▲ 255 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Elevation 7–198 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Cape Cod Canal Bikeway · 41.74693, -70.58872

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

Transit-accessible: Bourne stop 40 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading NE.
  2. 4.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 250 ftTurn left onto Treeline Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Marist Street, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 350 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 0.6 miTurn left onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading N.
  21. 4.2 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

76% paved3% dirt21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:35 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM — 13 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Bourne stop 40 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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