Cape Cod Canal Bikeway is a 16-mile out-and-back near Bourne, MA. It climbs 571 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cape Cod Canal Bikeway
16 mi · ▲ 571 ft · 5 hr 37 min
Elevation 7–198 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Cape Cod Canal Bikeway · 41.74693, -70.58872
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:43 PM
Transit-accessible: Bourne stop 40 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading NE.
- 4.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Treeline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Flatrock Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Jefferson Road, heading SW.
- 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Flatrock Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading NE.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.6 mi in (~168 min). Leave by 3:35 PM for the 6:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Bourne stop 40 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway
- 3 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway
- 4 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway
- 4.1 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway
- 4.2 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway
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