Round Pond via Old Kings Highway
5 mi · ▲ 417 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Round Pond via Old Kings Highway is a 5-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Wellfleet, MA. The route reaches Round Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 417 ft. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Round Pond via Old Kings Highway
5 mi · ▲ 417 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Elevation 9–127 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: Nowhere Way · 41.94797, -70.01987
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 77°F / low 71° · precip 51% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 5:36 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start on Nowhere Way, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Old Kings Highway, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 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.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Nowhere Way, heading S.
- 0.1 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 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:37 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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