Herring Pond–Dyer Pond, 7 beaches
5.6 mi · ▲ 397 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Herring Pond–Dyer Pond, 7 beaches is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Newcomb Hollow, MA. The route passes Herring Pond, Gull Pond Beach, Long Pond Beach and 3 more before reaching Cape Cod National Seashore Beach at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 397 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Herring Pond–Dyer Pond, 7 beaches
5.6 mi · ▲ 397 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 11–123 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: Old Hay Road · 41.96069, -70.01342
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:37 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old Hay Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Herring Pond.
- 250 ftPass Gull Pond Beach.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Kings Highway, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Nowhere Way, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Long Pond Beach.
- 50 ftBear right onto Old Kings Highway, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Dyer Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Duck Pond.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Herring Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Nowhere Way, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left onto Old Kings Highway, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Old Hay Road, heading NW.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:31 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM — 12 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Old Hay Road Trailhead
- Gull Pond–Herring Pond, 6 beaches 3.9 mi · ▲ 299 ft
- Gross Hill–Herring Pond, 6 beaches 4 mi · ▲ 328 ft
- Dyer Pond–Gull Pond Beach, 5 beaches 4.8 mi · ▲ 306 ft
- Doanes Bog Pond–Spectacle Pond, 6 beaches 5 mi · ▲ 335 ft
- Cape Cod National Seashore Beach–Herring Pond, 7 beaches 5.2 mi · ▲ 412 ft
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