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Marconi Beach via Old King's Highway is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Fresh Brook, MA. The route reaches Marconi Beach at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi13 – 59 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.90608, -69.97890
Nearest town Fresh Brook, MA

Directions

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Marconi Beach via Old King's Highway

4.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 12–58 ft

Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore

Trailhead: 41.90608, -69.97890

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

Transit-accessible: Marconi Beach stop 408 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  3. 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old King's Highway, heading S.
  7. 1.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 50 ftReach Marconi Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  18. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

45% sand26% dirt29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:26 AMSunset 6:43 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Marconi Beach stop 408 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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