| Sandwich Beaches |
| Summer
parking is $10 daily for all Sandwich beaches except East Sandwich Beach or $115
for a season pass. |
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Town Neck Beach on
Town Neck Road
East Sandwich Beach
on Ploughed Neck Road
Wakeby Lake on South
Sandwich Road
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Shawme-Crowell State Forest
Rte. 130
508-888-0351
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| The forest features more than 700 acres of
woodlands, with 285 camping sites and trails. |
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Scusset Beach State Reservation
Scusset Beach Road
508-888-0859
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This reservation offers prime access
to the Cape Cod Canal from the Plymouth side. It has 98 camping sites
and both day and overnight visitors will enjoy strolling along the
canal, boating, swimming or just watching the boats pass. |
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| Cape Cod Canal |
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Opened in 1914, the Cape Cod Canal
runs primarily through Bourne with some access in Sandwich. Vacationers
will enjoy biking, rollerblading or walking its paved pathways.
The best Sandwich access to the Cape
Cod Canal is Scusset Beach State Reservation on the Plymouth side and
Gallo and Ed Moffitt roads on the Cape side. See
access points for all 6.5 miles of trails on both sides of the canal. |
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Camping |
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Peter’s Pond Park
185 Cotuit Road
508-477-1775
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Sandwich Boardwalk |
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This may be the best spot to take in
Sandwich’s late-afternoon sun, with green- and-wheat-colored grass, a
silver blue creek and the ocean. The community poured its all into
erecting this 1,000-foot plus walkway after Hurricane Bob blew down Mill
Creek’s original 1874 boardwalk in 1991, with residents paying to have
personalized messages on the planks, to their families, spouses and even
pets.
Access is off Jarves and Harbor
streets or from the Town Neck Beach parking lot off Wood Avenue
Extension and Bay Beach Lane. The Town Neck Beach parking lot has a fee
until late afternoon in the summer. |
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Conservation Land |
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Sandwich
Conservation Commission
508-888-4200
This office can
answer questions about Sandwich hiking trails.
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Briar Patch Conservation Land |
| Behind Green Briar Nature Center on
Discovery Hill Road, off Rte. 6A. This is the setting for author
Thornton W. Burgess’ tales about Peter Rabbit. |
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Murkwood Conservation Land |
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Rte. 6A, 79 acres. Parking spaces
available near the East Sandwich Fire Station. |
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Talbot’s Point Conservation Land |
| Old County Road, about a mile east of
Hoxie Pond, 112 acres extending 1/3 mile into Scorton Marsh. |
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Maple Swamp Conservation Land |
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Service Road between Exits 3 and 4
on Rte. 6. The 500-acre property rises 40 feet above sea level to 250 feet
above sea level, with hiking trails offering sweeping views across Cape Cod Bay and
Vineyard Sound. |
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Boyden Farm Conservation Land |
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Cotuit Road, south of Farmersville
Road, 48 acres. Provides access to Peter’s Pond. Visitors may get a
glimpse of Cape Cod wildlife such as deer, wild turkeys or fox. |
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Ryder Conservation Land |
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Cotuit Road, 243 acres with frontage
onto Wakeby Pond. Year-round fishing amid abandoned cranberry bogs. |
