Great Pond–Snow Pond, 5 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 392 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Great Pond–Snow Pond, 5 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Wellfleet, MA. The route passes Long Pond Beach and Snow Pond before reaching Great Pond at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 392 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Great Pond–Snow Pond, 5 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 392 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 9–117 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.94107, -70.01416
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 78°F / low 72° · precip 50% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 5:36 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Long Pond Beach.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Old Kings Highway, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Nowhere Way, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Old Kings Highway, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miPass Snow Pond.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Great Pond.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Savage Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Great Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Kings Highway, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Nowhere Way, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Old Kings Highway, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 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 0.5 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 7:23 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:25 PM — 4 min before dark.
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