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Cape Cod Canal Bikeway is a 12.4-mile out-and-back near Bourne, MA. It climbs 516 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi10 – 213 ft13.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.74683, -70.57661
Nearest town Bourne, MA

Directions

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Cape Cod Canal Bikeway

12.4 mi · ▲ 516 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Elevation 11–214 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.74683, -70.57661

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:43 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading NE.
  5. 3.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 250 ftTurn left onto Treeline Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 150 ftBear left onto Marist Street, heading W.
  13. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  16. 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 350 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading NW.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  26. 0.8 miTurn left onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading NE.
  27. 3.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  28. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  29. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  30. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

58% paved1% dirt41% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 6:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 6:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 6:59 PM — 12 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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