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Hotel and motel
beach passes are $10 daily while non-resident beach parking stickers
are $200 per season, $90 for four weeks, $80 for three weeks, $70
for two weeks and $60 for one week. Stickers can be purchased at
Surf Drive Beach. Daily parking is $10 for Surf Drive and Menauhant
beaches and $20 daily for Old Silver Beach.
Bristol Beach on
Menauhant Road
Chapoquoit Beach on
Chapoquoit Road
Falmouth Heights
Beach on Falmouth Heights Road
Grews Pond Beach at
Goodwill Park off Gifford Street
Megansett on County
Road
Menauhant Beach on
Menauhant Road
Old Silver Beach on
Quaker Road
Stoney Beach on
Woods Hole Road
Surf Drive Beach on
Surf Drive
Wood Neck Beach on
Sippewissett Road
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Hiking Trails
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Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary
Ashumet Road, off Currier Road
508-362-1426
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| This 49-acre site is
managed by the Massachusetts Audubon Society and features 65 varieties
of holly trees along with Franklinia trees, a tea plant named in honor
of Benjamin Franklin. The non-profit society also offers natural history
cruises to Cuttyhunk Island most Sundays from mid-July to mid-Oct.
Cruise fares are in addition to the regular admission fee. |
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Beebe Woods and Peterson Farm
Off Depot Avenue
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| The 383-acre Beebe
Woods feature extensive trails and ponds and were acquired in the 1870s
by James Beebe, owner of a dry goods store in Boston that later became
Jordan Marsh. In 1966, Josiah K. Lilly III, heir to the Eli Lilly & Co.
riches, saved the land from a 500-home development by purchasing it as
town conservation land. Peterson Farm is an 88-acre farm adjacent to
Beebe Woods and one of the oldest farms on Cape Cod. It is accessible
from McCallum Drive. |
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Bourne Farm
Thomas B. Landers Road and Rte. 28A
508-548-8484
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Three owners have
worked this 1775 farm over the years, but today, it’s more show on
the grounds with the 18th century home. Owned by the Salt
Pond Area Bird Sanctuaries, the 49-acre Bourne Farm has trails open
for public use year-round and has tours in July and August.
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Cornelia Carey Sanctuary
End of Quissett Harbor Road, off Rte. 28
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| This property is a
little challenging to find because signs say Private Road, even though
it’s open to the public. Those who keep going will find the 13-acre
sanctuary on Quissett Harbor with high plateaus featuring brilliant
views of Buzzards Bay and the Elizabeth Islands. |
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Frances A. Crane Wildlife Management Area
Rte. 151
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| Stocked with game
during the fall hunting season, this 1,900-acre state reserve makes a
great hiking spot during other seasons. |
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Goodwill Park
Between Rte. 28 and Gifford Street
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| Given to Falmouth by
the Fay family, this 86-acre park features Grews Pond, which is stocked
with trout and has a public beach with lifeguards and restrooms. |
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Sea Farms Conservation Area
Gayle Avenue
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Trails wind through
67 acres of woodland, fields and marsh with frontage on Bourne’s
Pond.
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Waquoit
Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
149 Waquoit Highway
508-457-0495
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This 3,000-acre
reserve is Cape Cod at its best, with 15 miles of coastline, beaches
and marshland, set aside for preservation, recreation and research.
The reserve is headquartered at the former Sargent Estate at the
head of Waquoit Bay, with the visitor center in the property’s
16-room mansion along Rte. 28. The reserve also includes the South
Cape Beach State Park in Mashpee, the 330-acre Washburn Island and
property along the Quashnet River. The reserve is ripe for kayakers
and fishermen and camping is allowed
Kayakers and
fishermen will want to visit and limited camping is allowed on
Washburn Island.
The visitor center
is open Mon. – Fri., 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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Bike Trails
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Falmouth Bikeway
Committee
Falmouth Town Hall
59 Town Hall Square
508-548-7611
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Falmouth has
two paved bike paths that connect in Woods Hole. The Shining Sea
Bikeway runs four miles from Locust Street to Woods Hole and offers
stunning views of Vineyard Sound while the 155-mile Claire
Saltonstall Bikeway from Boston to Provincetown has a spur between
the Cape Cod Canal and Woods Hole.
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Bike Rentals
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Art’s Bike Shop
91 County Road,
North Falmouth
508-563-7379
Corner Cycle
115 Palmer Ave.
508-540-4195
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| Camping |
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Cape Cod Camping
Club
176 Thomas B.
Landers Road, East Falmouth
508-548-1458
Sippewissett Cabins
& Campgrounds
836 Palmer Ave.
508-548-2542
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