RV Parks, Cape Cod: A list of Parks for the RV Vacation on Cape Cod, MA
Cape Cod has many
good campsites both
State and private. One
of the best for families
with active children might
be Shawme Crowell State
Forest in Sandwich on the
upper Cape.
The park has RV and tent
camping on sites large
enough to have a camp
fire.
There are bike trails within
the park and many others
in the area, especially
along the nearby Cape
Cod Canal.
Shawme Crowell has
sites spaced well apart to
provide privacy and quiet.
The location at the
beginning of Cape Cod at
Sandwich gives the park
access to the Sandwich
museums, nature
preserves, and exquisite
antique buildings,
including the Hoxie
House, the oldest house
on Cape Cod.
The park accommodates
RV campers with a dump
station and water, a great
recycling station for
plastic, glass, paper)
No Hookups.
Many miles of bike and
walking trails are within
the park and a short drive
or bike ride away, you find
the Cape Cod Canal with
its nearly 14-miles of flat,
paved trails that run
beside the canal.
Within a few miles of Shawme
Crowell State Forest, you find
Scusset Beach State Reservation
and its campground. The fee for
Shawme Crowell, $12 for residents
of the State $15 for others, is
applicable for parking at Scusset.
This is a cold water beach but the
boat action in the canal can provide
some entertainment. The canal can
provide some good striper fishing
from the jetty and the banks and in
salt water there is no need for a
license although you do need to
observe length limits and bag limits.
On the south side of the canal, the town of Sandwich has three salt water beaches reached by a gravel trail
from the Cape Cod Canal Visitors Center and from the boardwalk. (Free Parking, Big rig parking in the
overflow lot next to the lobster market)
The Cape Cod Canal Bike Trail's eastern end at the
Scusset Beach State Reservation.
The flat paved trail
runs seven miles on
one side of the canal
and six and a half on
the other. You can
walk your bike over
the Sagamore and
Bourne bridges to
bike both sides of
the canal in one day,
a total of about 14
miles..
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.
Scusset Beach State Reservation 508-888-0859
Scusset Beach road, Sandwich, MA
98 sites with elect and water hookups, dump station available, April -October
Winter camping for self-contained units beach and bike trails
Near the Cape Cod Canal Bike Trail 14 miles flat biking, wheel chair carriage,
walking
Myles Standish State Forest 508-866-2526
Plymouth, MA
475 sites, no hookups, dump station only April-October
Fresh water beach, bike trails,
Shawme-Crowell State Forest, 508-888-0351
742 Acre Park, 285 Campsites, no hookups, dump station only
Rt 130, Sandwich, MA, Beach and bike trails woodsy sites Tent and RV
History museums of Sandwich. Cape cod Canal bike trails
A Family Park for Biking, Hiking, and Nature walks: Cape Cod's Shawme Crowell State
Forest in Sandwich on the upper Cape.
Bike trails within the park others along the nearby Cape Cod Canal.
Shawme Crowell is in Sandwich the museum town where you will find history, nature preserves,
and the Hoxie House, the oldest house on Cape Cod.
RV Parks Cape Cod: Use this List of RV Parks
on Cape Cod for an RV Vacation in private
and State parks near bike trails, museums,
and public beaches
Nickerson State Park, 508-896-3491
Brewster, Cape Cod, MA
418 sites, no hookups, dump station only April-October
historic sites nearby, bike trails, two beaches nearby
Woodsy Tent Sites and RV sites Near Orleans ,
Windmill, 25 mile Rail trail, Dunes trails not far

Private RV Parks:
Bayview Campgrounds, Rt. 28, Bourne, 1-508-759-7610 Full Hookup,
www.bayviewcampground.com
Bourne Scenic Park, rt. 6 Buzzards Bay, 1-508-759-7873,
www.bournescenicpark.com Beside the Cape cod Canal bike walking, wheel
chair, carriage accessible trail
Cape Cod Campresort & Cabins, East Falmouth, 1-508-548-1458
www.capecampresort.com full hookups
Peters Pond RV Resort, Sandwich, MA 1-508-477-1775
Full hookups, www.peterspond.com/
Link to Hiking and biking trails in the Sandwich area of Upper Cape Cod
www.insidecapecod.com/main-hiking2.htm
Activities and Area Attractions
Plimoth Plantation www.plimoth.org/ A recreated village of the first settlement in
the year 1627 where costumed guides interpret history
Holly Ridge Golf Course Sandwich
Round Hill Country Club Sandwich
Sandwich Hollows golf club www.sandwichhollows.com
www.capecanalchamber.org www.capecodchamber.org
www.sandwichma.org
Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen, 6 discovery Hill RD. East
Sandwich 02573 1-508-888-6870 tburgess@capecod.net, Nature trails
Thornton Burgess Museum, 4 Water St., Route 30, Sandwich 02563,
1-508-888-4668 tburgess@capecod.net
RV Parks, Cape Cod: A list of Private Parks on Cape Cod, MA
To Find RV Parks on Cape Cod for a Cape Cod Vacation
use this list of Parks with private and State parks included
near bike trails, museums, and public beaches
RV and Tent Camping on Upper Cape Cod
List of sites in State Parks and Private Parks , a directory of Cape Cod RV and Tent Camping Parks..
Use the list above and on these pages to find tent sites and RV parks. Click for Upper Cape Cod
Camping.
Click link for Lower Cape Cod Camping