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Cape Cod Rail Trail route map
Difficulty: ModeratePoint to Point
Massachusetts

Cape Cod Rail Trail

South Dennis, Massachusetts

23.0 mi

Distance

1,562 ft

Elev. Gain

7h 56m

Est. Time

Point to Point

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Cape Cod Rail Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:-1 ft
Max:40 ft
Gain:476 ft
Loss:473 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between -1 ft and 40 ft across 23.0 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.-1 ft13 ft26 ft40 ft0.0 mi5.8 mi11.5 mi17.3 mi23.0 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi4 ft
High point13.9 mi40 ft
End23.0 mi7 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Point to Point

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
North Eastham, MA · about 5 mi away
County:
Barnstable County, MA

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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