Walks and Hikes In The Lower Cape

Brewster Beach

Sand Pond

Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

Monomoy National Wildlife Area

Monomoy National Wildlife Area

Nickerson Park

Seymour Pond

Bell's Neck

Walks and Hikes In The Lower Cape - Brewster, Chatham, Harwich, Orleans

Brewster

John Wing Trail South Trail Eddy Bay Trail Eddy Sisters Trail
Punkhorn Parklands Eagle Point and Calf Field Pond
Nickerson State Park Cliff Pond and Flax Pond
Higgins Pond Spruce Hill Sheep Pond Huckleberry Hill

The John Wing Trail leaves from the Brewster Natural History museum and takes you on a boardwalk over the salt marsh to the shore along Cape Cod Bay. The South Trail brings you along marsh views on the Stony Brook area. At Nickerson Park, there are many bike trails to walk on, also the Cliff Pond and Flax Pond trails allow you to walk right along the shore around the entire pond. The Eddy Bay Trail is a short trail through interesting woodlands, showing signs of wind damage from Hurricane Bob, ending in a stunning cliff view of Cape Cod Bay. The Eddy Sisters Trail is an interesting trail near the community gardens, through an area of former cranberry bogs. The Punkhorn Parklands is a favorite area with water views on the Eagle Point Trail.

Chatham

Training Field Triangle Barclays Pond
Old Comers Woodland Goose Pond Forest Conservation Area
George Ryder Forest Sam Ryder
Forest Beach Morris Island Trail

The Training Field Triangle area contains 39 acres of woodlands and a 0.75 trail where you can see a vernal pool and also the 18th century smallpox cemetery; the area was used for military training in the Revolutionary war. The area is adjacent to the 46 acre Barclay's Pond area, with access not only to Barclay's Pond but also to Schoolhouse Pond and Mary's Pond. The Old Comers trail is on 11 acres of woodland; many old radio antennas from the early 1900's are present on the property as well as access to Lover's Lake. The Morris Island Trail is a 3/4 mile trail to the 40 acre Morris Island in the Monomoy National Wildlife area; the trail brings you to beach along Monomoy Island, tidal flats, salt marsh, sand dunes, and woodlands on the island itself.

Harwich

Bell's Neck North (Herring River) Bell's Neck South
Coy’s Brook Texeira Conservation Lands
Hacker Wildlife Area and Island Pond
Monomoy River Hawksnest State Park

Bell's Neck South is a large area with many trails near and around two beautiful reservoirs. Bell's Neck North brings you through pleasant woodlands to views of Herring River and cranberry bogs in the area. Coy's Brook Conservation area is a beautiful spot with wonderful marsh views, also along Herring River. Hawksnest State Park is a large, very underutilized area with many roads and trails for hiking through Cape woodlands. The Monomoy River Conservation area includes 42 acres of land and trails that extend about a mile along the beautiful Monomoy River.

Orleans

Nauset Beach Kent’s Point Baker’s Pond
Paw Wah Point Three Ponds
Twinings Pond Mill Pond
Ice House and Reuben Ponds Kenrick Woods

There are many conservation area trails in Orleans. Baker's Pond area is adjacent to Nickerson Park and provides access to nearly 35 acres, and a wide sandy beach at Baker's Pond. Kent's Point is nearly 30 acres, with access to water views of Pleasant Bay and Frost Fish Creek and Bay. Three Ponds area is more than 125 acres with beautiful views of Twinings Pond, Sarah's Pond, and and Meadow Bog Pond. Probably the most popular walking area is Nauset Beach, a long walk or a short walk, that is your choice, but right on the open Atlantic, where you can see seals and surfing, and maybe even spot a great white off shore!

Links to Local Municipal Resource Maps
Just click on any link below for the local town's conservation maps. Many towns have detailed individual trail maps.

Brewster Trail Maps
Chatham Conservation Trail Maps
Harwich Trust Conservation Maps
Orleans Conservation Trust Trail Maps

Trailhead Parking Locations
To best see the parking locations on the individual maps below:
* First be sure to enlarge the map to full screen using the icon near the top right of the map. Then you can zoom way in.

* Once you have done that, depending on your setup, clicking on a red star on the map view in your phone, or the red star followed by the location name and its arrow, will set the destination for Google Maps to take you to the location directly using Google voice instructions and the free GPS built in to your phone. It's awesome - try it out!

Note: Full use of the maps requires enabling location permissions in both the Chrome app and the Google Maps app.

* Once you open the full screen street map and zoom way in, changing to the satellite view will show the
exact parking locations for each trail.

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