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Cape Cod Canal Bikeway is a 16-mile out-and-back near Bourne, MA. It climbs 778 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi10 – 210 ft16.7 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Cape Cod Canal Bikeway

16 mi · ▲ 778 ft · 5 hr 43 min

Elevation 11–209 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. 0.8 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. 150 ftBear left onto Marist Street, heading NW.
  11. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  13. 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 1.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  15. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  16. 1.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  17. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 400 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading NW.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  23. 0.8 miTurn left onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading E.
  24. 3.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 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

45% paved3% dirt52% 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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