Duck Pond–Lecount Hollow Beach, 3 beaches
3.7 mi · ▲ 175 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Duck Pond–Lecount Hollow Beach, 3 beaches is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Wellfleet by the Sea, MA. The route passes Lecount Hollow Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore Beach and Duck Pond before reaching Cape Cod National Seashore Beach at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 175 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Duck Pond–Lecount Hollow Beach, 3 beaches
3.7 mi · ▲ 175 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 12–74 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.92118, -69.97735
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 79°F / low 72° · precip 51% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 5:36 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Lecount Hollow Beach.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bell Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Duck Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Southeast Pond–Lecount Hollow Beach, 3 beaches 4.1 mi · ▲ 200 ft
- Cahoon Hollow Beach & Lecount Hollow Beach via Bell Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 265 ft
- Long Pond–Dyer Pond, 10 beaches 6.7 mi · ▲ 372 ft
- Cape Cod Rail Viewpoint–Lecount Hollow Beach, 3 beaches 9.9 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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