Old Kings Highway via Higgins Hollow Road
3.2 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Old Kings Highway via Higgins Hollow Road is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Truro, MA. It climbs 281 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Kings Highway via Higgins Hollow Road
3.2 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 8–146 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 42.00693, -70.04802
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 5:36 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Kings Highway, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Old Kings Highway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Higgins Hollow Road, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:32 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM — 12 min before dark.
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