Cape Cod National Seashore

Old Kings Highway

8.5 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Old Kings Highway is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Truro, MA. It climbs 401 ft. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi10 – 148 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.98450, -70.05680
Nearest town Truro, MA

Directions

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Old Kings Highway

8.5 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Elevation 9–147 ft

Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore

Trailhead: 41.98450, -70.05680

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 6:41 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Kings Highway, heading NW.
  13. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  22. 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  23. 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  25. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

2% dirt98% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 6:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:13 PM for the 6:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:04 PM — 6 min before dark.

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