New England's Best Camping Locations, Vacation Hiking, Biking, and the Beach
At the west end of the canal
a sightseeing and dinner
train runs across the bridge
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.
Info for travelers flying in to Boston to rent a vehicle for a trip to Cape Cod
This is not wilderness camping but the sites are spacious and well treed with pines. Within a
few miles of Shawme Crowell State Forest, you find the Cape Cod Canal with its 14 miles of
paved trails running beside the Canal. Biking, walking, wheel chair, baby carriage, or roller
blade, you have 14 miles of flat paved trail beside the Cape Cod Canal. You can walk your bike
over the Bourne or Sagamore bridge and reach Scusset Beach State Reservation and its
campground.
You could drive over as well and park near the cold water beach. The fee for Shawme Crowell, $12
for residents of the State $15 for others, is applicable for parking at Scusset Beach. The boat action
in the canal can provide some entertainment and the canal can provide some good striper fishing
from the jetty and the banks. This is salt water fishing where no license is required. You will,
however, need to observe length limits and bag limits.
A mile or so from Shawme
Crowell State Forest, you
find the Cape Cod Canal
with its handicap
accessible bike and
walking trail
One of New
England's Best
Camping
Locations for
Vacation
Camping, Hiking,
Biking, and the
Beach is on Cape
Cod at
Shawmee-Crowell
State Forest
Sandwich.
Not too far south is
another of New
England's Best
Campgrounds for
Vacation Hiking,
Biking, and Beach
activities. Brewster
Cape Cod's
Nickerson State Park
Online Camping
Reservations are
available
Horseneck Beach State Park is great
for car camping. The sites at the shore
line book fast . The sites within the park
are quiet and have picnic benches and
fire pits. Horseneck Beach State Park
is in an area of sand dunes where there
are no shade trees. Sand beaches are
found to the right of the park along the
paved trail
Another of New England's Best Camping Locations for Vacation Hiking, Biking, and
Salt Water Beaches: Horseneck Beach, mid way between Cape Cod and Newport
Rhode Island Online Camping Reservations are available
Two of New England's Best Camping Locations for Vacation Camping, Hiking, Biking, and
the Beach can be found at Cape Cod where the is much recreation for families including
biking, hiking, baby carriage accessible, wheel chair accessible, paved trails.
Some of New England's Best Camping Locations for Vacation
Hiking, Biking, and the Beach are located on Cape Cod.
Campgrounds near biking, walking, wheel chair and baby
carriage access, on flat paved trails can be found beside the Cape
Cod Canal.