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Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod Guide Book

by Cheryl Johnson Huban (Falcon Publishing)
Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod

90pp/maps
ISBN: 1560448555

Cape Cod is well known as a beach-walker’s paradise, but this historic finger of land offers so much more to the hiking enthusiast. This guide will direct you to some of the loveliest short hikes on both the Cape’s sandy shores and in its history-rich interior. Venture inland to visit secluded ponds, shady woodlands, and marshes dense with wildlife; walk on the exposed heaths of Nantucket Island and Martha’s Vineyard; and, of course, visit a number of the beaches that have made Cape Cod famous. This guide includes concise descriptions and detailed maps of 23 short, easy-to-follow trails that lead to some of the area’s most spectacular scenery.

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... Preview: The Beech Forest Trail follows the edges of a freshwater pond, then rambles through a beech forest mixed with native pitch pine and scrub oak. Thriving forests once blanketed the northernmost tip of C ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Provincetown, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1 miles
... Preview: Several trails wind through woodlands and across salt marshes in this narrow strip of conservation land. Beautiful and serene, the showstopper here is Gray’s Beach, with its spectacular dunes and half ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Yarmouth, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: Three excellent trails, all within the Stony Brook watershed, offer a wonderful introduction to the diversity of the Cape landscape. Walk through upland woods, across salt marshes, near fresh and salt ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Brewster, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.8 miles
... Preview: Cliff Pond is one of the largest kettle ponds on the Cape. Sandy, crescent-shaped beaches rimmed with pines and oaks glow golden in the sun. The air is crisp with the smell of pine and clear deep wate ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Brewster, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.9 miles
... Preview: Bordered by water on two sides, this lovely 97-acre site was rescued from development in 1985. Named for the Crocker family, early settlers in the town of Barnstable, Crocker Neck includes woodland, s ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Barnstable, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.2 miles
... Preview: In addition to tremendous vistas, this trail offers a good workout and spectacular birding. Great blue herons sweep over the marsh and songbirds fill the air with their sweet voices. Wander through th ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Eastham, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.25 miles
... Preview: This is the one of the most fascinating hikes on Cape Cod. The trail follows a saltwater marsh across a dike of sand that transformed Great Island into a peninsula. Great Island is wild and windswept, ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Wellfleet, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.6 miles
... Preview: The banks of the Bass River were once home to the Pawkannawkut Indians, a tribe that was part of the Wampanoag Nation, which held sovereignty over the vast area from Cape Cod north to Massachusetts Ba ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Dennis, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.7 miles
... Preview: The 632 acres of this preserve makes it one of the largest on the Vineyard. Primarily dedicated to the protection of wildlife, only part of the preserve is open to the public. A fee is charged during ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
West Tisbury, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles
... Preview: This hike takes you along the contours of hills rising above the four-mile-long Mashpee River. Lined with tall cattails, the river bends several times, providing vistas that are unparalleled. Conserva ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Mashpee, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5.2 miles
... Preview: This 135-acre peninsula divides Wakeby Pond and Mashpee Pond, two of the largest freshwater ponds on Cape Cod. A trail loop circles the two knolls of the peninsula, offering views of the lakes and a d ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Mashpee, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.8 miles
... Preview: This hourglass-shaped trail winds through oak woodland and heath that cover the rolling hills sweeping up to the edge of great sand cliffs. Standing 150 feet above a stretch of rocky beach, the cliffs ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Chilmark, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.5 miles
... Preview: Morris Island offers a small sampling of the unique habitats of the Monomoy Islands and is the only section of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge accessible by land. Countless shore birds, waterfowl, an ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Chatham, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.4 miles
... Preview: These two trails wind around and above a kettle swamp and marsh, which was formed when a buildup of sand closed off the ocean in 1869. An interpretive shelter provides information, and the trails are ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
North Truro, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1 miles
... Preview: This is a delightful romp through pitch pine woods, along ridges with views of the forest and lush undergrowth— and best of all, a firsthand look at working cranberry bogs. The reserve is the perfect ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Bourne, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.2 miles
... Preview: The Buttonbush Trail, 0.25 mile long, is designed for the visually impaired. This is a trail of contrasting surfaces, sudden temperature changes and plenty of sounds. Equipped with Braille and large-p ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Eastham, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.25 miles
... Preview: This trail explores the southern half of Nantucket. Walk across a lovely meadow, along the edge of Trots Swamp, a stretch of freshwater wetlands, and into a stand of pitch pines. On top of a rise, a w ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Nantucket, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 6.2 miles
... Preview: This trail is fun with a capital “F.” It winds through woodlands past views of quaint Quissett Harbor to a child’s paradise of ancient oak trees that invite climbing and are equipped with rope swings. ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Falmouth, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.2 miles
... Preview: Born in Sandwich on January 4, 1874, author Thornton W. Burgess, creator of the fictional characters of The Old Briar Patch, spent his youth exploring the wilds of Gully Lane. Writing whimsical animal ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Sandwich, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.1 miles
... Preview: This is the perfect sunset beach stroll. Harding’s Beach is a spit of sand dividing the ocean from Oyster River and Stage Harbor. Plan to watch the sun melt into Nantucket Sound or bring a picnic and ... From the guidebook "Best Easy Day Hikes: Cape Cod"
Chatham, MA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2 miles

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