Kinnacum Pond–Cape Cod National Seashore Beach, 4 beaches
3.7 mi · ▲ 251 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Kinnacum Pond–Cape Cod National Seashore Beach, 4 beaches is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Newcomb Hollow, MA. The route passes Kinnacum Pond, Cape Cod National Seashore Beach and Long Pond Beach. It climbs 251 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Kinnacum Pond–Cape Cod National Seashore Beach, 4 beaches
3.7 mi · ▲ 251 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 11–114 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.95322, -70.00259
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:37 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Kinnacum Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
- 0.2 miPass Long Pond Beach.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Nowhere Way, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Old Kings Highway, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Hay Road, heading W.
- 250 ftReach Kinnacum Pond, 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.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 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 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:28 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM — 9 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Herring Pond–Kinnacum Pond, 6 beaches 4.1 mi · ▲ 335 ft
- Gull Pond–Kinnacum Pond, 5 beaches 5.3 mi · ▲ 409 ft
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