Old King's Highway
Old King's Highway is a State Scenic Byway in Massachusetts. Within Massachusetts it covers roughly 35 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Old King's Highway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
Route 6A traces the north shore of Cape Cod through a string of well-preserved Colonial villages — Sandwich, Barnstable, Yarmouth Port, Dennis, Brewster — making up one of the largest historic districts in the country. The road is lined with sea captains' homes, antique shops, saltboxes, and old churches, with marshes and the bay never far off. It's a quieter, more historic alternative to the Cape's beach highways.
- historic Cape Cod villages
- sea captains' homes
- Route 6A
- antiques & saltboxes
- Cape Cod Bay
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.