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Cape Cod National Seashore
Extending some 40 miles, the Cape Cod National Seashore encompasses most of the shoreline from Eastham to Provincetown. It's a treasure-trove of unspoiled beaches, dunes, salt marshes and forests. Thanks to President John F Kennedy, this vast area was set aside for preservation in the 1960s, just before a building boom hit the rest of his native Cape Cod. There's no camping in the park.
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Cape Cod Rail Trail
The mother of all Cape bicycle trails, the Cape Cod Rail Trail (Dennis), runs 22 glorious miles through forest, past cranberry bogs and along sandy ponds ideal for a dip. A six million upgrade completed in 2007 has turned this rural route, formerly used as a railroad line, into one of the finest bike trails in all of New England. The path begins in Dennis on MA 134 and continues through Nickerson State Park and the Cape Cod National Seashore all the way to South Wellfleet. There's a hefty dose of Olde Cape Cod scenery en route and you'll have opportunities to detour into the villages for lunch or sightseeing. Bicycle rentals are available from a kiosk at the trailhead in Dennis and at Nickerson State Park.
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Salt Pond Visitor Center
The National Seashore's Salt Pond Visitor Center has exhibits and films on the area's ecology and can provide maps to the park's numerous trails, some which begin right at the center. Check out the daily offering of interpretive ranger walks and talks which are free, including a tour of an old sea captain's house with an awesome whale-jawbone gate.
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Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Birders flock to Massachusetts Audubon Society's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, where trails cross 1000 acres of tidal creeks, salt marshes and sandy beach.
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