Duck Pond
2.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 58 min
Duck Pond is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Provincetown, MA. The route reaches Duck Pond at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Duck Pond
2.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 58 min
Elevation 6–50 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 42.05673, -70.21661
Weather Aug 3: Light drizzle, high 78°F / low 70° · precip 45% · wind 21 mph · sunrise 5:37 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftReach Duck Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:39 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:59 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:30 PM.
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- Great Pond & Province Lands Bike Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 108 ft
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