Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail & Old Wireless Road via Old King's Highway is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Fresh Brook, MA. It is mostly level, with 133 ft of elevation gain. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi13 – 85 ft5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.90056, -69.97625
Nearest town Fresh Brook, MA
Directions
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Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail & Old Wireless Road via Old King's Highway
5.1 mi · ▲ 133 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 12–85 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.90056, -69.97625
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 6:41 PM
Transit-accessible: Marconi Beach stop 753 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Old King's Highway, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Old Wireless Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old King's Highway, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 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
41% dirt33% sand26% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 6:41 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Marconi Beach stop 753 m from the trailhead
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- Old King's Highway 6.9 mi · ▲ 136 ft
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