Cape Cod National Seashore Beach & Old King's Highway
5 mi · ▲ 171 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Cape Cod National Seashore Beach & Old King's Highway is a 5-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Pond Village, MA. The route reaches Cape Cod National Seashore Beach. It is mostly level, with 171 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cape Cod National Seashore Beach & Old King's Highway
5 mi · ▲ 171 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 18–155 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 42.03401, -70.06341
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:26 AM · sunset 6:43 PM
Transit-accessible: Horton's Camping Resort stop 299 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Old Outermost Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left onto Old King's Highway, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Cape Cod National Seashore Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 1.8 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:23 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:43 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:11 PM.
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- Transit-accessible: Horton's Camping Resort stop 299 m from the trailhead
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