Cape Cod Rail Trail
10.2 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Cape Cod Rail Trail is a 10.2-mile out-and-back near Pleasant Lake, MA. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cape Cod Rail Trail
10.2 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Elevation 15–67 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.70365, -70.07565
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:39 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Cape Cod Rail Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 5:59 PM for the 6:39 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Rail Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Rail Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Rail Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Rail Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Rail Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Rail Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Rail Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Cape Cod Rail Trail
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