Southeast Pond & Great Pond Beach via Cape Cod Rail Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near South Wellfleet, MA. The route passes Southeast Pond before reaching Great Pond Beach at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 261 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi10 – 85 ft5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.91506, -69.98209
Nearest town South Wellfleet, MA
Directions
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Southeast Pond & Great Pond Beach via Cape Cod Rail Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 261 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 9–86 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.91506, -69.98209
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 79°F / low 72° · precip 51% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 5:36 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right onto Cape Cod Rail Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Bell Road, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miPass Great Pond Beach.
- 100 ftReach Southeast Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Cape Cod Rail Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
73% dirt12% paved3% sand12% unspecified
Weather
Heavy showersTemperature 79°F72°
Precip51%Wind13 mphUV8Humidity91%
Rained 0.1″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°70°
Sunrise 5:36 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Tue
81°64°
Wed
79°65°
Thu
86°72°
Fri
89°73°
Sat
87°71°
15%
Sun
87°72°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:27 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM — 6 min before dark.
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