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Scusset Beach State Reservation Trail via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway

3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr

Scusset Beach State Reservation Trail via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway is a 3-mile out-and-back near Sagamore, MA. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3 – 16 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cape Cod Canal Bikeway 41.77467, -70.52026
Nearest town Sagamore, MA
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Scusset Beach State Reservation Trail via Cape Cod Canal Bikeway

3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 3–15 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Cape Cod Canal Bikeway · 41.77467, -70.52026

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:41 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading E.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left onto Scusset Beach State Reservation Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miReach Scusset Beach State Reservation Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.7 miTurn right onto Cape Cod Canal Bikeway, heading W.
  5. 0.8 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/scusset-beach-state-reservation-trail-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

54% paved46% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 5:50 PM for the 6:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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