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Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail & Old Wireless Road is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near South Wellfleet, MA. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi13 – 85 ft1.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.91347, -69.98450
Nearest town South Wellfleet, MA

Directions

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Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail & Old Wireless Road

1.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 40 min

Elevation 12–85 ft

Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore

Trailhead: 41.91347, -69.98450

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 5:36 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Old Wireless Road, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftReach Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  12. 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.

Trail surface

62% dirt21% sand17% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 81°F65°
Precip0%Wind10 mphUV8Humidity78%
Rained 1″ yesterday (1.2″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°65°
Sunrise 5:36 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Wed 79°65°
Thu 86°72°
Fri 89°73°
Sat 87°71° 16%
Sun 87°72° 16%
Mon 92°74°

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