Biking On Cape Cod
Cape Cod is unspoiled and naturally beautiful
and can be a wonderful experience by bike.
You pass through villages that cherish
simplicity and their seafaring heritage, while
offering the bike traveler many modern
conveniences.
On the Lower Cape Cod or Outer Cape Cod as
the dunes area is called, bike trails lead to
lighthouses, windmills, nature preserves, golf
courses, museums, a winery, art colonies, an
airport, and campgrounds. All are just a short
walk or ride from the paved bike trails that run
parallel to the stretch of beach where, in 1849,
Thoreau walked for nearly thirty miles.
Biking on Cape cod is the best way to
experience the freedom of the Cape Cod
Dunes, a sea-bound peninsula called the Outer
Cape, the dunes offer the biker miles of beach
freedom where you bike away from the roads
and bike between the beaches.
The Cape Cod Rail Trail , a former railroad
bed now turned bicycle path, and the Nauset
Dune Trail, a system that winds through
Beach forest and high dunes, together contain
over fifty miles of off-road bicycle trails.
The Cape Cod Rail Trail is a largely off-road
trail that travels for over 25 miles, winding
through Brewster's Nickerson State Park, and
then through Orleans’s Rock Harbor and on to
Eastham and The Cape Cod National Sea
Shore’s Salt Pond Visitors Center. At the center,
you can continue to the windward Nauset Shore
of high dunes and heather. The Trail continues
North and comes to its end at Lecount Hollow in
the town of Wellfleet. At several places along
the way, there is ample parking, if one chooses
not to travel the entire 25 miles by bicycle.
Cape Cod is unspoiled and naturally beautiful
and can be a wonderful experience by bike.
You pass through villages that cherish
simplicity and their seafaring heritage, while
offering the bike traveler many modern
conveniences.
On the Lower Cape Cod or Outer Cape Cod as
the dunes area is called, bike trails lead to
lighthouses, windmills, nature preserves, golf
courses, museums, a winery, art colonies, an
airport, and campgrounds. All are just a short
walk or ride from the paved bike trails that run
parallel to the stretch of beach where, in 1849,
Thoreau walked for nearly thirty miles.
Biking on Cape cod is the best way to
experience the freedom of the Cape Cod
Dunes, a sea-bound peninsula called the Outer
Cape, the dunes offer the biker miles of beach
freedom where you bike away from the roads
and bike between the beaches.
The Cape Cod Rail Trail , a former railroad
bed now turned bicycle path, and the Nauset
Dune Trail, a system that winds through
Beach forest and high dunes, together contain
over fifty miles of off-road bicycle trails.
The Cape Cod Rail Trail is a largely off-road
trail that travels for over 25 miles, winding
through Brewster's Nickerson State Park, and
then through Orleans’s Rock Harbor and on to
Eastham and The Cape Cod National Sea
Shore’s Salt Pond Visitors Center. At the center,
you can continue to the windward Nauset Shore
of high dunes and heather. The Trail continues
North and comes to its end at Lecount Hollow in
the town of Wellfleet. At several places along
the way, there is ample parking, if one chooses
not to travel the entire 25 miles by bicycle.
From the end of the Rail Trail at Lecount Hollow, a short
drive towards Provincetown will bring you to the Nauset
Dunes trail system, with its paved paths through the
dunes and along the beach at the very tip of Cape Cod.
Try some seafood on your journey at Rock Harbor, the
small port on The Cape Cod Bay side or inner crook of
the elbow of Cape Cod. Captain Cass’s Rock Harbor
Seafood Restaurant and Young’s Fish Market, dine in
or get local steamer clams and fresh cooked Lobster to
go.
Rock Harbor’s sport fishing fleet comes in twice a day
with catches of Striped Bass, Bluefish, Mackerel, Tuna,
Sharks, Flounder, Fluke and Cod.
Writer and naturalist, Henry David Thoreau, passed through
here in 1849, journalizing with his rich descriptions of this
place of treeless solitude. To this day, a barren starkness
prevails on the high Nauset dunes, just as Thoreau
described it in his journal, Cape Cod. (Text, Cape Cod)
The relentless sea has reclaimed several hundred feet of the
Nauset-side cliffs and dunes since Thoreau’s time, but one
can still walk as Thoreau did, on over twenty-five miles of
unobstructed beach, from Eastham to far distant
Provincetown’s Race Point.
For those that want warm water and small waves, two quiet
beaches are a little more than a mile from the Rail Trail.
Follow Skaket Beach Road in Orleans to the end and find a
quarter-mile granular sand beach . To the right, as you face
the ocean, you can find privacy in the grass and dune area
near the stream outlet.
A favorite local pastime is to enter the creek on the out-going
tide and let the current carry you out along the beach. The
water is shallow for a half mile, with the flats totally
uncovering at low tide. These sand flats produce the
delicious white steamer clams found at Young’s Fish Market
in Rock Harbor.
Further North along the Rail Trail you will come to Eastham
and find another secluded beach, First Encounter Beach.
Coast Guard Beach
Highland Light
Cape Cod Biking can be over Dunes trails and Rail Trails
to the Beaches, located near the trails This makes the Cape
a great weekend or summer family vacation place.
Paved bike trails through the dunes and forests make Cape
Cod a place of Safe Biking.
to the Beaches, located near the trails This makes the Cape
a great weekend or summer family vacation place.
Paved bike trails through the dunes and forests make Cape
Cod a place of Safe Biking.
Cape Cod Biking |
On a mile or so of low dune Marsh Grass and beach with
Terns, Red Tailed Hawk and many other shore and marsh
On a mile or so of low dune Marsh Grass and beach with
birds soar and flit over the Heather and Beach Grass. the
outlet of Herring Brook at the end, Plovers, Herons, Tidal
pools are alive with the drama of Hermit Crabs, snails,
Fiddler Crabs, and tiny fish scurrying through their daily
routine. Finding a private place to read, write, or just plain
snooze should be no problem here even on a summer
weekend.
Terns, Red Tailed Hawk and many other shore and marsh
On a mile or so of low dune Marsh Grass and beach with
birds soar and flit over the Heather and Beach Grass. the
outlet of Herring Brook at the end, Plovers, Herons, Tidal
pools are alive with the drama of Hermit Crabs, snails,
Fiddler Crabs, and tiny fish scurrying through their daily
routine. Finding a private place to read, write, or just plain
snooze should be no problem here even on a summer
weekend.
Herring Cove Beach
Eastham Windmill
The network of bike trails connect to Herring Cove Beach
on the tip of Cape Cod. Many folks snooze in beach chairs
while lazily surf fishing for the lunker Striped Bass that feed
along the shore. From the parking lot adjacent to the
beach, the bike trail extends into the Provinceland Dunes,
connecting with the Beach Forest Bike Trail and The Race
Point Trail. Both of these trailheads have large public
parking lots.
This unspoiled land changes with the winds as they
restlessly rearrange the hummocks and tufts as if preparing
each day for special guests. The elemental forces of nature
in this raw land are never far from view.
No better way to see all than on a bicycle.
on the tip of Cape Cod. Many folks snooze in beach chairs
while lazily surf fishing for the lunker Striped Bass that feed
along the shore. From the parking lot adjacent to the
beach, the bike trail extends into the Provinceland Dunes,
connecting with the Beach Forest Bike Trail and The Race
Point Trail. Both of these trailheads have large public
parking lots.
This unspoiled land changes with the winds as they
restlessly rearrange the hummocks and tufts as if preparing
each day for special guests. The elemental forces of nature
in this raw land are never far from view.
No better way to see all than on a bicycle.
Herring Cove
Beach
Beach
Ice cream stop Cape
Cod Bike Trail
Cod Bike Trail
Herring Cove Beach,
Provincetown
Provincetown
Eastham
Windmill
Windmill
Johnathan Young
Windmill, Orleans
Windmill, Orleans
Cape Cod Biking Dunes Trails Rail Trails
| Cape Cod Biking the Dunes Trails and Rail Trails |
Cape Cod Rail Trails
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Getting to Cape Cod: Boston is the nearest large city to Cape Cod.
Air service reaches Boston from other major hubs and cities. Rental cars are available at the airport.
From Boston take Route 93 to Route 3 and after 60 miles, cross the Cape Cod Canal. Continue on
Route 6 for all locations on Cape Cod or go to Route 6A for the slower scenic route through the villages.
Routes 6 and 6A join in Orleans and go to the tip of Cape Cod.
Several small commuter airlines serve Hyannis Airport and Provincetown Airport on Cape Cod from
Boston, Providence, and New Bedford. Cape Air, US Airways Express, and Linear Air (Hanscom Field
Bedford Ma)
Bus service is available from Boston and from Logan Airport. Plymouth and Brockton, Logan Direct
serves Hyannis
Bonanza Bus Lines serves Bourne, Falmouth, and the Wood's Hole ferry from Logan Airport
Passenger Boats leave daily from Boston to the tip of Cape Cod (May -September) at Provincetown.
Bicycles can go aboard.
A fast cat boat and a slower conventional passenger boat make trips from Boston. Bicycles permitted
A passenger boat makes a daily run from Plymouth, MA to Provincetown.
Air service reaches Boston from other major hubs and cities. Rental cars are available at the airport.
From Boston take Route 93 to Route 3 and after 60 miles, cross the Cape Cod Canal. Continue on
Route 6 for all locations on Cape Cod or go to Route 6A for the slower scenic route through the villages.
Routes 6 and 6A join in Orleans and go to the tip of Cape Cod.
Several small commuter airlines serve Hyannis Airport and Provincetown Airport on Cape Cod from
Boston, Providence, and New Bedford. Cape Air, US Airways Express, and Linear Air (Hanscom Field
Bedford Ma)
Bus service is available from Boston and from Logan Airport. Plymouth and Brockton, Logan Direct
serves Hyannis
Bonanza Bus Lines serves Bourne, Falmouth, and the Wood's Hole ferry from Logan Airport
Passenger Boats leave daily from Boston to the tip of Cape Cod (May -September) at Provincetown.
Bicycles can go aboard.
A fast cat boat and a slower conventional passenger boat make trips from Boston. Bicycles permitted
A passenger boat makes a daily run from Plymouth, MA to Provincetown.
Fifteen large towns and many small villages make up Cape Cod.
Upper Cape: Along the Cape Cod Canal, the towns of Bourne and Sandwich define the northern limit of
the upper Cape
Mid Cape includes Barnstable, Yarmouth and Dennis. The mid Cap is where you will find Hyannis Airport
Lower Cape includes Brewster, Harwich , and Chatham.
Outer Cape starts in Orleans and includes Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown.
Upper Cape: Along the Cape Cod Canal, the towns of Bourne and Sandwich define the northern limit of
the upper Cape
Mid Cape includes Barnstable, Yarmouth and Dennis. The mid Cap is where you will find Hyannis Airport
Lower Cape includes Brewster, Harwich , and Chatham.
Outer Cape starts in Orleans and includes Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown.
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Cape Beaches, sea shores, and the dunes located near the bike trails
make the Cape a family vacation place.
The Paved bike trails through the dunes and forests offer safe, off-road
Biking.
Cape Cod offers rental houses, cottages by the shore, B&Bs in the villages,
historic inns, and resort packages that put the biking and all the attractions
nearby.
All inclusive golf packages are popular on the Cape's four season courses.
make the Cape a family vacation place.
The Paved bike trails through the dunes and forests offer safe, off-road
Biking.
Cape Cod offers rental houses, cottages by the shore, B&Bs in the villages,
historic inns, and resort packages that put the biking and all the attractions
nearby.
All inclusive golf packages are popular on the Cape's four season courses.