Massachusetts trails · Province Lands Bike Trail
Province Lands Bike Trail
A 7.8-mile out-and-back in Massachusetts, with 71 ft of climbing. Reaches Clapps Round Pond and other beach/lake/summit destinations. Managed by CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 189 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Clapps Round Pond (lake)
- Ocean View Hill (summit)
- Herring Cove Beach (beach)
- Snake Hills (summit)
- Great Pond (lake)
- Blackwater Pond (lake)
- Pasture Pond (lake)
- Bennett Pond (lake)
Getting there
PROVINCE LANDS BIKE TRAIL access — parking nearby, water. 42.04414, -70.21608 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:36 a.m., the sun rises at 6:05 a.m. and sets at 7:16 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:45 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 12 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 15.6-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 50 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:55 a.m. — 7 h 22 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Energetic Sauce — 22.8 mi
- Cape Cod Rail Trail — 24.8 mi
- Rocky Pond Path — 26.9 mi
- Cape Cod Rail Trail/Chatham — 27.9 mi