Longnook Beach & Cape Cod National Seashore Beach via Old King's Highway
3.9 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Longnook Beach & Cape Cod National Seashore Beach via Old King's Highway is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Pond Village, MA. The route passes Cape Cod National Seashore Beach before reaching Longnook Beach at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 138 ft of elevation gain. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Longnook Beach & Cape Cod National Seashore Beach via Old King's Highway
3.9 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 76–158 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 42.02408, -70.06343
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 62°F / low 50° · precip 58% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:26 AM · sunset 6:43 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Old King's Highway, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Old Outermost Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miPass Longnook Beach.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dorothys Lane, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Longnook Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Outermost Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Old King's Highway, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 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 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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- Old King's Highway 2.9 mi · ▲ 87 ft
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