Herring Cove Beach & Cape Cod National Seashore Beach is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Wood End, MA. The route passes Herring Cove Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore Beach and Herring Cove Beach before reaching Cape Cod National Seashore Beach at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly sand. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7 – 20 ft1.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Province Lands Bike Trail 42.04254, -70.21449
Nearest town Wood End, MA
Directions
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Herring Cove Beach & Cape Cod National Seashore Beach
1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 38 min
Elevation 6–21 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: Province Lands Bike Trail · 42.04254, -70.21449
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 6:44 PM
Transit-accessible: Herring Cove Beach stop 211 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Herring Cove Beach.
- 50 ftPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
- 0.5 miPass Herring Cove Beach.
- 0.5 miReach Herring Cove Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% sand
Weather
Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 6:44 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:23 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.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Herring Cove Beach stop 211 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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