Snow Pond–Long Pond Beach, 3 beaches
3.5 mi · ▲ 416 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Snow Pond–Long Pond Beach, 3 beaches is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Cape Cod National Seashore near Wellfleet, MA. The route passes Long Pond Beach before reaching Snow Pond at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 416 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Snow Pond–Long Pond Beach, 3 beaches
3.5 mi · ▲ 416 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 9–117 ft
Out & Back · Cape Cod National Seashore
Trailhead: 41.94531, -70.01577
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:26 AM · sunset 6:43 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Long Pond Beach.
- 50 ftTurn 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.
- 200 ftBear left onto Old Kings Highway, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Snow Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Nowhere Way, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Old Kings Highway, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive 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 0.2 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 6:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:04 PM — 7 min before dark.
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- Long Pond Beach & Old Hay Road via Old Kings Highway 1.9 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Herring Pond–Gull Pond Beach, 4 beaches 2.7 mi · ▲ 203 ft
- Gull Pond Beach–Cape Cod National Seashore Beach, 3 beaches 1.9 mi · ▲ 58 ft
- Great Pond–Long Pond Loop, 10 lakes 2.9 mi · ▲ 251 ft
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