Spectacle Pond–Kinnacum Pond, 5 beaches
4.1 mi · ▲ 308 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Spectacle Pond–Kinnacum Pond, 5 beaches is a 4.1-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 miles in. It climbs 308 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Spectacle Pond–Kinnacum Pond, 5 beaches
4.1 mi · ▲ 308 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 12–123 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.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Kinnacum Pond.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Spectacle Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Old Kings Highway, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Old Hay Road, heading N.
- 0.3 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 0.8 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 7:19 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 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
- Great Pond–Dyer Pond, 7 beaches 4.2 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Round Pond & Gull Pond Beach via Old Kings Highway 4.2 mi · ▲ 395 ft
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