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Cape Cod National Seashore Beach & Duck Harbor Road is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Mayo Beach, MA. The route reaches Cape Cod National Seashore Beach at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly sand. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 16 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: High Toss Road 41.94335, -70.05384
Nearest town Mayo Beach, MA

Directions

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Cape Cod National Seashore Beach & Duck Harbor Road

2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 44 min

Elevation 1–15 ft

Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore

Trailhead: High Toss Road · 41.94335, -70.05384

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:26 AM · sunset 6:43 PM

  1. Start on High Toss Road, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Duck Harbor Road, heading S.
  3. 0.9 miReach Cape Cod National Seashore Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right onto High Toss Road, heading N.
  5. 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

98% sand2% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:26 AMSunset 6:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 6:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:08 PM — 2 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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