Long Pond Beach & Old Hay Road via Old Kings Highway
1.9 mi · ▲ 167 ft · 43 min
Long Pond Beach & Old Hay Road via Old Kings Highway is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Wellfleet, MA. The route reaches Long Pond Beach. It is mostly level, with 167 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Long Pond Beach & Old Hay Road via Old Kings Highway
1.9 mi · ▲ 167 ft · 43 min
Elevation 12–112 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: connector · 41.94370, -70.01645
Weather Aug 3: Heavy showers, high 77°F / low 72° · precip 51% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 5:36 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Long Pond Beach.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Old Kings Highway, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Nowhere Way, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear left onto Old Kings Highway, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Hay Road, heading W.
- 250 ftReach Long Pond Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Kings Highway, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Nowhere Way, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Old Kings Highway, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftArrive 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 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:27 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM — 6 min before dark.
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