Doanes Bog Pond–Spectacle Pond, 6 beaches
5 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Doanes Bog Pond–Spectacle Pond, 6 beaches is a 5-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 2 more before reaching Doanes Bog Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 335 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Doanes Bog Pond–Spectacle Pond, 6 beaches
5 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 7–123 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 5:37 AM · sunset 7:57 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 E.
- 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 ftPass Spectacle Pond.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Doanes Bog Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear 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 (~3 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM — 14 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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
- Dyer Pond–Gull Pond Beach, 5 beaches 4.8 mi · ▲ 306 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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