Cemetery Road & Old Kings Highway
8.9 mi · ▲ 287 ft · 3 hr 7 min
Cemetery Road & Old Kings Highway is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near South Truro, MA. It climbs 287 ft. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cemetery Road & Old Kings Highway
8.9 mi · ▲ 287 ft · 3 hr 7 min
Elevation 39–147 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.97085, -70.06398
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 5:37 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cemetery Road, heading E.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Old Kings Highway, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Cemetery Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Cemetery Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:35 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM — 14 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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- Ryder Pond–Round Pond, 3 lakes 4.5 mi · ▲ 286 ft
- Brush Valley–Cemetery Road, 3 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 310 ft
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