Dyer Pond–Gull Pond Beach, 5 beaches
4.8 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Dyer Pond–Gull Pond Beach, 5 beaches is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Newcomb Hollow, MA. The route passes Gull Pond Beach, Long Pond Beach, Dyer Pond and Cape Cod National Seashore Beach before reaching Great Pond Beach at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 306 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dyer Pond–Gull Pond Beach, 5 beaches
4.8 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 11–123 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.95965, -70.01458
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:36 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Gull Pond Beach.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Old Hay Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Kings Highway, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Nowhere Way, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Long Pond Beach.
- 50 ftBear right onto Old Kings Highway, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 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 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Great Pond Beach.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Dyer Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Nowhere Way, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear left onto Old Kings Highway, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Old Hay Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:35 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM — 14 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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More from this trailhead
- Gull Pond–Herring Pond, 6 beaches 3.9 mi · ▲ 299 ft
- Gross Hill–Herring Pond, 6 beaches 4 mi · ▲ 328 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
- Herring Pond–Dyer Pond, 7 beaches 5.6 mi · ▲ 397 ft
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