Long Pond–Dyer Pond, 10 beaches
6.7 mi · ▲ 372 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Long Pond–Dyer Pond, 10 beaches is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Wellfleet by the Sea, MA. The route passes Lecount Hollow Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore Beach, Great Pond Beach and 8 more before reaching Cape Cod National Seashore Beach at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 372 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Long Pond–Dyer Pond, 10 beaches
6.7 mi · ▲ 372 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Elevation 10–95 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.92118, -69.97735
Weather Aug 3: Heavy showers, high 79°F / low 72° · precip 51% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 5:36 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Lecount Hollow Beach.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bell Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Great Pond Beach.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Duck Pond.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Dyer Pond.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftPass Turtle Pond.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftPass Dyer Pond.
- 50 ftPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Forrest Road, heading E.
- 450 ftPass Long Pond Beach.
- 250 ftPass Long Pond.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Buttry Way, heading NW.
- 0.4 miPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
- 350 ftReach Long Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Forrest Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Bell Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Duck Pond–Lecount Hollow Beach, 3 beaches 3.7 mi · ▲ 175 ft
- Southeast Pond–Lecount Hollow Beach, 3 beaches 4.1 mi · ▲ 200 ft
- Cahoon Hollow Beach & Lecount Hollow Beach via Bell Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 265 ft
- Cape Cod Rail Viewpoint–Lecount Hollow Beach, 3 beaches 9.9 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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