Cape Cod National Seashore

Long Pond Beach & Old Hay Road via Old Kings Highway

1.9 mi · ▲ 167 ft · 43 min

Long Pond Beach & Old Hay Road via Old Kings Highway is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Wellfleet, MA. The route reaches Long Pond Beach. It is mostly level, with 167 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi13 – 112 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 41.94370, -70.01645
Nearest town Wellfleet, MA

Directions

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Long Pond Beach & Old Hay Road via Old Kings Highway

1.9 mi · ▲ 167 ft · 43 min

Elevation 12–112 ft

Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore

Trailhead: connector · 41.94370, -70.01645

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:26 AM · sunset 6:43 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Long Pond Beach.
  3. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
  7. 100 ftTurn right onto Old Kings Highway, heading N.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miBear right onto Nowhere Way, heading NW.
  10. 200 ftBear left onto Old Kings Highway, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Hay Road, heading W.
  12. 250 ftReach Long Pond Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Kings Highway, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miBear right onto Nowhere Way, heading SE.
  16. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  17. 0.2 miBear right onto Old Kings Highway, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  20. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  22. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  23. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

20% dirt80% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:26 AMSunset 6:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 6:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:08 PM — 3 min before dark.

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