Cape Cod  RV Vacation, Upper Cape Cod Hiking,
Biking, Beach
A Cape Cod RV vacation offers Hiking, Biking, and Camping
on Upper Cape Cod at campsites both State and private.  One
of the best is Shawme-Crowell State Forest in Sandwich Upper
Cape Cod.
Shawme Crowell State Forest offers  bike trails within the park and many
others in the area, especially along the nearby Cape Cod Canal.
Shawme Crowell has a good location at the beginning of Cape Cod at
Sandwich the
museum town: lots of history, nature preserves, and
exquisite antique buildings, including the Hoxie House, the
oldest house
on Cape Cod.
The RV and Tent park Shawme Crowell accommodates tenters and RV
campers with a dump station and water. (Recycling station)
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.  
Cape Cod RV Vacation Camping at Upper Cape Cod, Hiking,Biking, and Beach:
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 Beach.
This is a cold water beach.  Beside the beach 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.
Biking Hiking Baby Carriage Wheelchair:
On both sides of the Cape Cod Canal there are paved trails that are flat, off-road bike and walking trails
suitable for wheelchair and baby carriage, and roller blade.  Each side of the canal has a seven mile trail  
Walk over the Canal bridges and you have 14 miles of trail.
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 western end
is beneath the railroad
bridge and the eastern
end is at  the Scusset
Beach State
Reservation.
The longest elevating center Span bridge in the country when it was built in the mid 30s The Cape Cod
Canal railroad bridge still carries a sightseeing train. Elevating center span lowers for the passage of
trains.  
Free parking  can be found at both sides of the canal beneath the bridge.  Large vehicle
parking
on the north side of the canal railroad bridge lot in Buzzards Bay.)
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.. The trails are
wheel chair, baby carriage inline skate accessible.
Shawme Crowell State Forest's proximity to the Cape Cod Canal and the village of Sandwich puts
many interesting activities within range including fishing, biking, and sightseeing at the many
museums.
Just a short bike ride or drive from Shawme-Crowell State Forest you find the center of the
Village of Sandwich and a treasure trove of colonial history, some elegant old buildings, and
several museums. Foremost might be the
Sandwich Glass Museum with its 5000 pieces of
rare antique glass
and its demonstrations of the glass making trade. Sandwich was once an
important center of glass making where the industry prospered from the eighteen forties up to the
early 1900s.(Free parking, large rig parking at the lower lot)
A Cape Cod RV
Vacation at Upper
Cape Cods
Shawme Crowell State
Forest
in Sandwich on the
upper Cape,   bike trails
within the park  others
along the nearby Cape
Cod Canal.
Shawme Crowell in      
Sandwich the museum
town
 history, nature
preserves
, and  the
Hoxie House, the oldest
house on Cape Cod.
A Cape Cod  RV Vacation on Upper Cape Cod Hiking offers Biking on the Cape
Cod Canal, Public Beaches, Fishing, Museums, and sightseeing.
A Cape Cod  RV Vacation on Upper Cape Cod offers Hiking, Biking, museums and
Public Beaches all near Shawme-Crowell State Forest Campgrounds
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A Cape Cod RV Vacation on Upper Cape Cod can include
Hiking, Biking, Beach, and Camping.
RV Camping on Upper Cape Cod offers both State and
private campgrounds, one of the best is Shawme-Crowell
State Forest in Sandwich on Upper Cape Cod.
A Cape Cod  RV
Vacation on
Upper Cape Cod
offers Hiking,
Biking, Camping,
Fishing and
Sandy Beaches
A Cape Cod  RV Vacation on Upper Cape
Cod offers Biking and Fishing on Sandy
Beaches, this on at the end of the cape Cod
Canal bike trail, east end, in Sandwich
Fifteen large towns and many small villages make up the sandy moraine that juts into the Atlantic Ocean
60 miles south of Boston that was named by explorers in 1607
Cape Cod because of the abundant fish..

Upper Cape: Along the Cape Cod Canal, the towns of Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee, and Sandwich define
the upper Cape  

Mid Cape includes Barnstable, Hyannis, Yarmouth, and Dennis. The mid Cap is where you will find Hyannis
Airport

Lower Cape includes Brewster, Harwich, Orleans and Chatham.

Outer Cape  includes Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown.
Cape Cod RV Vacation, 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 Cape Cod tent sites and RV parks.
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