Old Kings Highway
8.9 mi · ▲ 397 ft · 3 hr 10 min
Old Kings Highway is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Truro, MA. It climbs 397 ft. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Kings Highway
8.9 mi · ▲ 397 ft · 3 hr 10 min
Elevation 19–147 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.98780, -70.04951
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 5:37 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Transit-accessible: Jam's Store - Truro stop 643 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Kings Highway, heading W.
- 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftArrive 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 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 7:26 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM — 5 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Jam's Store - Truro stop 643 m from the trailhead
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