Cape Cod Bike Trails
The rail Trails take you through some unspoiled and naturally beautiful
landscapes and villages where the people of Cape Cod still cherish simplicity
and their
seafaring heritage.

  • Bike Rental and Repair
There are bike rental shops along the trails, a large shop located in Orleans
Center and a shop located across from the Salt Pond Visitors center among
others.

  • Sightseeing, Cape Cod by Bike
The trails pass lighthouses, antique windmills, nature preserves, golf courses,
art and history museums, a
winery, art colonies, an airport with sightseeing
flights, and campgrounds.

  • Beaches on Cape Cod
There is no better way to experience the freedom of Cape Cod than on a
bicycle.  In the sea-bound refuge called the Outer Cape you can  peddle your
way between
Coastguard Beach, Highland Light, Skaket Beach, and New
Encounter Beach
, or head north for the Province Lands beaches, Herring
Cove Beach
.

  • Trails
On the Lower Cape, 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
.  

  • Rail Trail, Dennis to Wellfleet
The Cape Cod Rail Trail is a largely off-road trail that travels for over 25 miles
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
or head north to the end of the trail at Lecount Hollow in the Town of Wellfleet.  
At several places along the way, there is ample parking, if you chooses not to
travel the entire 25 miles by bicycle.  
Bike to Coast Guard
Beach from the Salt
Pond Visitors Center
where you find free
parking
Bike to Highland Light on the
Outer Cape
On the paved
trails built where
the old railroads
once traveled, you
can  ride your bike
in the natural
landscapes of  
Cape Cod
Bike Trails on Cape Cod, Cape Cod Rail Trails, Cape Cod Dune Trails
Herring Cove Beach
Bicycle on Paved Bike Trails to the Beaches of Cape Cod
Cape Cod Bike Trails make family
biking safe.  Easily self guide by bike
on Cape Cod Rail Trails through the
villages and on to the dunes, the rail
trails make biking safe and fun
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Bike Trails on Cape Cod include the Cape
Cod Rail Trails and Cape Cod Dune Trails.

Cape Cod Bike Trails
are safe, off-road
Trails
, Be it  Mountain Bike or Trail Bike,  
Bike Tour or Self Guided, Bicycling on Cape
Cod
Rail Trails can be safe and fun for the
family
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Fifteen large towns and many small villages make up the sandy moraine that juts into the Atlantic Ocean 60
miles south of Boston and was named by explorers in 1607 Cape Cod because of the abundant fish..

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.
Reaching 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.

  • Commuter Air service
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
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

  • Boats to Outer Cape Cod from Boston
Passenger Boats  leave daily from Boston to the tip of Cape Cod (May -September)   at Provincetown.
Bicycles can go aboard.
A
fast cat boat  makes daily trips from Boston. Bicycles permitted

  • Boats to Lower Cape Cod from Plymouth, MA
A passenger boat makes a daily run from Plymouth, MA to Provincetown. Bikes allowed on board
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