Flax Pond via Cape Cod Rail Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Flax Pond via Cape Cod Rail Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back near Yarmouth, MA. The route passes Flax Pond before reaching Flax Pond at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Flax Pond via Cape Cod Rail Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 10–116 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.68441, -70.23314
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 63°F / low 49° · precip 63% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 6:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cape Cod Rail Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miPass Flax Pond.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Flax Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:44 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:11 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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