Round Pond & Gull Pond Beach via Old Kings Highway
4.2 mi · ▲ 395 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Round Pond & Gull Pond Beach via Old Kings Highway is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Newcomb Hollow, MA. The route passes Gull Pond Beach before reaching Round Pond at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 395 ft. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Round Pond & Gull Pond Beach via Old Kings Highway
4.2 mi · ▲ 395 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 9–127 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.95581, -70.01457
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:36 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Gull Pond Beach.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Hay Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Old Kings Highway, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Round Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Hay Road, heading S.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:26 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM — 7 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Gull Pond & Gull Pond Beach via Old Hay Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 245 ft
- Ryder Pond–Great Pond, 5 lakes 3.4 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- Great Pond–Snow Pond, 5 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 360 ft
- Long Pond–Gull Pond Beach, 4 beaches 3.6 mi · ▲ 276 ft
- Spectacle Pond–Kinnacum Pond, 5 beaches 4.1 mi · ▲ 308 ft
- Great Pond–Dyer Pond, 7 beaches 4.2 mi · ▲ 222 ft
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