Higgins Hollow Road & Old Kings Highway
2.9 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Higgins Hollow Road & Old Kings Highway is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Truro, MA. It climbs 250 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Higgins Hollow Road & Old Kings Highway
2.9 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Elevation 8–146 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: Old Kings Highway · 42.00681, -70.04329
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:26 AM · sunset 6:43 PM
- Start on Old Kings Highway, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Higgins Hollow Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Old Kings Highway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Old Kings Highway, heading SE.
- 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.
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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 6:43 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:11 PM.
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