Cape Cod bike trails on the outer Cape run through
woods and dunes that are unspoiled and naturally
beautiful . Cape Cod is not primitive, however, and
although the villages along the way might cherish
simplicity and their seafaring heritage, they also offer
the bicycle traveler many modern conveniences like
bike rental shops, lighthouse and windmill museums,
nature preserves, golf courses, art and history
museums, a winery, art colonies, an airport with
sightseeing flights, and campgrounds       
All the attractions on the Outer Cape are just a short
walk or drive from the Bike trails that run near the beach
where, in 1849, Thoreau walked.   
There is no better way to experience this freedom than
on a bicycle.  In the sea-bound refuge called the Outer
Cape (lower)you can spread on a little sun block, pack a
copy of Henry Beston’s, The Outermost House, and  
peddle your way between Coast Guard Beach,
Highland Light and the Province lands Trail to 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 and
walking trails.  
The Cape Cod Rail Trail is a largely off-road trail that
travels for over 25 miles through Brewster's Nickerson
State Park (Camping, RV sites) and then through
Orleans’s Rock Harbor and on to Eastham and The
Cape Cod National Sea Shore’s Salt Pond Visitors
Center.  (Free Parking) At the center, you can bike to
the windward Nauset Shore at coast Guard Beach or
continue on the Rail trail and reach the 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 Bike Trail at Lecount Hollow,
a short drive towards Provincetown will bring you
to the Nauset Dunes bike trail system, with its
paved bicycle 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 right on the bike trail 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 Henry David Thoreau, passed through the
Cape in 1849, writing detailed  descriptions 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.  (Click Here
for 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.

Cape cod dune trails for biking run parallel to this
shore.
For those that want warm water and small waves,
two quiet beaches are a little more than a mile from
the Cape Cod bike trail called 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.  
The water is shallow for a half mile, with the flats
totally uncovering at low tide.  

Further North along the Rail Trail  you will come to
Eastham and find another secluded beach, this one
named for the less than cordial first meeting in 1620,
between the Pilgrims of Miles Standish and the
resident native population: First Encounter Beach.
Coast Guard Beach
Highland Light
From the paved trail Through the
Provincelands Dunes you can climb a
high dune and get a view of spouting
whales offshore
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On a mile or so of low dune Marsh Grass and beach with
the outlet of Herring Brook at the end,  Plovers, Herons,
Terns, Red Tailed Hawk and many other shore and
marsh birds soar and flit over the Heather and Beach
Grass.  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
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Nauset Beach, Orleans
Cape Cod Bike trails lead to Herring Cove Beach on the
tip of Cape Cod where many folks snooze in beach
Bass that feed along the shore.  From the parking lot
adjacent to the beach, the bike and walking trail
extends into the Provinceland Dunes, connecting with
the Beach Forest Trail and The Race Point Trail.  Both
of these trail heads have large public parking lots.
This unspoiled land changes with the winds that
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 bike.
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Windmill, Orleans
Eastham Windmill
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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.
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.
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