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Cape Cod Canal Bikeway is a 15.6-mile out-and-back near Bourne, MA. It climbs 745 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi10 – 210 ft16.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.75125, -70.57801
Nearest town Bourne, MA

Directions

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Cape Cod Canal Bikeway

15.6 mi · ▲ 745 ft · 5 hr 34 min

Elevation 11–209 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.75125, -70.57801

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:41 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading NE.
  3. 3.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 250 ftTurn left onto Treeline Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 200 ftBear left onto Marist Street, heading NW.
  11. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  13. 1.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 1.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  16. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  17. 1.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  18. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 350 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  24. 0.8 miTurn left onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading E.
  25. 3.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  26. 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

47% paved3% dirt50% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 6:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:02 PM — 8 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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