Cape Cod National Seashore

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.

Elevation

0 mi39 – 148 ft9.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.97085, -70.06398
Nearest town South Truro, MA

Directions

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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 Sep 20: Drizzle, high 64°F / low 50° · precip 61% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:26 AM · sunset 6:43 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cemetery Road, heading E.
  3. 1.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  4. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miBear right onto Old Kings Highway, heading NW.
  11. 0.4 miReach Cemetery Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  20. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Cemetery Road, heading SW.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  22. 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

13% dirt87% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 64°F50°
Precip61%Wind5 mphUV3Humidity88%
Rained 0.9″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50° 4 AM: 4% rain5 AM: 19% rain7 AM: 2% rain9 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 3% rain11 AM: 2% rain12 PM: 8% rain1 PM: 12% rain2 PM: 17% rain3 PM: 36% rain4 PM: 61% rain5 PM: 47% rain6 PM: 40% rain7 PM: 22% rain8 PM: 31% rain9 PM: 31% rain10 PM: 26% rain11 PM: 38% rain
Sunrise 6:26 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:43 PM
Mon 62°57° 60%
Tue 59°55°
Wed 60°58°
Thu 60°59° 26%
Fri 61°58° 51%
Sat 60°57° 50%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:21 PM for the 6:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:00 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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