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Cape Cod National Seashore

Cape Cod National Seashore Beach & Old King's Highway

5 mi · ▲ 171 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Cape Cod National Seashore Beach & Old King's Highway is a 5-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Pond Village, MA. The route reaches Cape Cod National Seashore Beach. It is mostly level, with 171 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi16 – 154 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.03401, -70.06341
Nearest town Pond Village, MA
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Cape Cod National Seashore Beach & Old King's Highway

5 mi · ▲ 171 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 18–155 ft

Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore

Trailhead: 42.03401, -70.06341

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 5:36 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Transit-accessible: Horton's Camping Resort stop 299 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miPass Cape Cod National Seashore Beach.
  4. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Old Outermost Road, heading NE.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 500 ftBear left onto Old King's Highway, heading SE.
  8. 0.5 miReach Cape Cod National Seashore Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
  11. 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/old-kings-highway-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

35% sand65% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 82°F65°
Precip0%Wind11 mphUV8Humidity75%
Rained 0.1″ yesterday (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
85°65°
Sunrise 5:36 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Wed 80°65° 15%
Thu 76°70°
Fri 78°71°
Sat 74°68° 17%
Sun 78°70° 17%
Mon 78°72°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:36 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM — 15 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Horton's Camping Resort stop 299 m from the trailhead

Other ways to reach this destination

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