Kinnacum Pond–Spectacle Pond, 5 beaches
4.6 mi · ▲ 389 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Kinnacum Pond–Spectacle Pond, 5 beaches is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Newcomb Hollow, MA. The route passes Gull Pond Beach, Long Pond Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore Beach and Kinnacum Pond before reaching Spectacle Pond at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 389 ft. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Kinnacum Pond–Spectacle Pond, 5 beaches
4.6 mi · ▲ 389 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 11–114 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.95581, -70.01457
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:36 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Gull Pond Beach.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Hay Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Old Kings Highway, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Nowhere Way, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Long Pond Beach.
- 0.2 miPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftPass Kinnacum Pond.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miPass Spectacle Pond.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftReach Kinnacum Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Old Kings Highway, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Old Hay Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 7:18 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Gull Pond & Gull Pond Beach via Old Hay Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 245 ft
- Ryder Pond–Great Pond, 5 lakes 3.4 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- Great Pond–Snow Pond, 5 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 360 ft
- Long Pond–Gull Pond Beach, 4 beaches 3.6 mi · ▲ 276 ft
- Spectacle Pond–Kinnacum Pond, 5 beaches 4.1 mi · ▲ 308 ft
- Great Pond–Dyer Pond, 7 beaches 4.2 mi · ▲ 222 ft
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