Flatrock Hill & Flatrock Road via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway is a 12.7-mile out-and-back near Bourne, MA. The route reaches Flatrock Hill at the turnaround, 6.4 miles in. It climbs 478 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Flatrock Hill & Flatrock Road via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway
12.7 mi · ▲ 478 ft · 4 hr 28 min
Elevation 11–264 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.74981, -70.57780
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading NE.
- 3.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Treeline Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left onto Marist Street, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Flatrock Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Flatrock Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Marist Street, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Treeline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading E.
- 3.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 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 6.4 mi in (~163 min). Leave by 4:55 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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