Walking Trails on Cape Cod
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Below is a great list of walking trails on Cape Cod to get you started. Trail Names which appear in blue are linked to a corresponding trail map from the HikingCapeCod.com web site. Enjoy!
| Trail Name | Distance | Town |
| Bournedale Hills Trail | 1.4 mi. | Bourne |
| Four Ponds Conservation Area | trails around Freeman Pond, Upper Pond, the Basin, & Sheep Pond | Bourne |
| Nivling-Alexander Reserve | 0.5 mi. | Bourne |
| DeNormandie Wood Conservation Area | 2/3 mi. | Bourne |
| Broyer & Robinson Conservation Area | .5 mi. | Bourne |
| Scorton Creek Marsh | Sandwich | |
| Scusset Beach State Reservation | .7 mi. | Sandwich |
| Sandwich Boardwalk & Town Beach | 1.5 mi. | Sandwich |
| Briar Patch | two trials loops that pass through abandoned pastures and groves | Sandwich |
| Murkwood Conservation Lands | 1.25 mi. | Sandwich |
| Talbot's Point Conservation Land | Sandwich | |
| Maple Swamp Conservation Land | dirt roads and paths through 750 acres of fores | Sandwich |
| Boyden Farm Conservation Land | walking trails through 48 acres | Sandwich |
| Ryder Conservation Land | walking trials through 243 acres near abandoned cranberry bogs & Wakeby Pond | Sandwich |
| Heritage Museum & Gardens | 76 acres of holly bushes, rhododendrons, daylilies, & hostas | Sandwich |
| Goodwill Park | 85 acres of wooded area | Falmouth |
| Beebe Woods | 387 acres of woods | Falmouth |
| Wasburn Island | 334 acres for fishing, climbing, swimming, & walking | Falmouth |
| Ashumet Holly & Wildlife Scantuary | 45 acres of woodlands surrounding a pond | Falmouth |
| Salt Pond Area Reservation | 40 acres around Salt Pond | Falmouth |
| Bourne Farm | 34 acres | Falmouth |
| Sea Farm | 67 acres on Bourne's Pond | Falmouth |
| South Cape Beach State Park | over 3 mi. | Mashpee |
| Lowell Holly Reservation | 2 mi. | Mashpee |
| John's Pond Conservation Area | 4 mi. | Mashpee |
| Masphee River Woodlands | over 8 mi. | Mashpee |
| South Mashpee Pine Barrens Conservation Area | 3.8 mi. | Mashpee |
| Sandy Neck Recreation Area | 4.8 mi. | Mashpee |
| Long Pond Conservation Area | 2 mi. | Mashpee |
| Crocker Neck Conservation Area | 1.5 mi. | Mashpee |
| Hathaway's Pond | trail around pond | Mashpee |
| West Barnstable Conservation Area | over 15 mi. | Mashpee |
| Bridge Creek Watershed | trails through fields and by cranberry bogs | Mashpee |
| Whelan Property | trail through fields | Mashpee |
| Old Jail Lane Conservation Area | trail through wildlife preserve | Mashpee |
| Callery-Darling Conservation Area | 2.4 mi. | Yarmouth |
| Dennis Pond Conservation Area | .5 mi. main trail & side trails | Yarmouth |
| Horse Pond Conservation Area | 3/4 mi. | Yarmouth |
| Raymond J. Syrjala Conservation Area | 3/4 mi. loop | Yarmouth |
| Sandy Pond Recreation Area | .5 mi. | Yarmouth |
| Historical Society of Old Yarmouth Nature Trail | 1.5 mi. | Yarmouth |
| Indian Lands Conservation Area | 3/4 mi. through salt marsh and wooded area | Dennis |
| Fresh Pond Conservation Area | 27 acres of wetlands bordering Fresh Pond | Dennis |
| Quivett Neck & Crowes Pasture Conservation Areas | 71 acres with sand trails | Dennis |
| Romig-Jacquinet & Simkins Neck Conservation Areas | 75 acres | Dennis |
| John Kelly Recreation Area | 1.25 mi. | Dennis |
| Cape Cod Rail Trail | walking and bike path in Brewster, Wellfleet, Dennis, Eastham,Orleans & Harwich | Brewster |
| Cape Cod Museum of National History | .25-1.3 mi. through salt marshes and beech tree groves | Brewster |
| Punkhorn Parklands | 850 acres | Brewster |
| Punkhorn Parklands - Calf Field Pond Trail | 1.5 mi. | Brewster |
| Punkhorn Parklands - Seymour Pond Trail | 1.5 mi. | Brewster |
| Punkhorn Parklands - Eagle Point Trail | 3/4 mi. | Brewster |
| John Wing Trail | 1.5 mi. | Brewster |
| Spruce Hill Conservation Area | .5 mi. | Brewster |
| Nickerson State Park | 1900 acres - campgrounds, walking trails & bike trails | Brewster |
| Cliff Pond and Little Cliff Pond | One of the trails within Nickerson State Park | Brewster |
| Flax Pond | One of the trails within Nickerson State Park | Brewster |
| Higgins Pond | One of the trails within Nickerson State Park | Brewster |
| Herring River | Harwich | |
| Bells Neck Road Conservation Area | 1-2 mi. | Harwich |
| Hawksnest Park | trails go through state park & town conservation land | Harwich |
| Thompson's Field | trails through 93 acres of open area and woodlands | Harwich |
| Frost Fish Creek Trail | 3/4 mi. | Chatham |
| Old Colony Rail Trail | 1.5 mi. | Chatham |
| South Beach | 3 mi. | Chatham |
| Morris Island Trail | 3/4 mi. | Chatham |
| Seaside Trail | 2 mi. | Chatham |
| Kent's Point | Orleans | |
| Paw Wah Point Conservation Area | 1/3 mi. | Orleans |
| Bakers Pond Conservation Area | .2 mi | Orleans |
| Fort Hill Trail | 1.5 mi. | Eastham |
| Button Bush Trail | .25 mi. | Eastham |
| Lamont Smith Conservation Area | 27 acres | Eastham |
| Cottontail Acres Conservation Area | .5 mi. trail | Eastham |
| Fox Island Marsh | 29.7 acres | Wellfleet |
| Massachusetts Audubon Society Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary | 5 mi. | Wellfleet |
| Kettle Pond Trail | Truro | |
| Railroad Dike-Corn Hill to Pamet Harbor | 3/4 mi. | Truro |
| Corn Hill to Pamet Harbor Railroad Right of Way | 1.5 mi. | Provincetown |
| Cape Cod National Seashore - Fort Hill and Red Maple Swamp trails | 1.5 mi. | Eastham |
| Cape Cod National Seashore - Buttonbush Trail | .25 mi. | Eastham |
| Cape Cod National Seashore - Nauset Marsh Trail | 1 mi. | Eastham |
| Cape Cod National Seashore - Doane Loop Trail | .5 mi. | Eastham |
| Cape Cod National Seashore - Atlantic White Cedar Swamp | 1.25 mi. | Wellfleet |
| Cape Cod National Seashore - Great Island Trail | 7-8 mi. | Wellfleet |
| Cape Cod National Seashore - Cranberry Bog Trail | .5 mi. | Truro |
| Cape Cod National Seashore - Small Swamp and Pilgrim Spring Trails | .75 mi. | Truro |
| Cape Cod National Seashore - Beech Forest Trail | 1 mi. | Provincetown |
| Long Point | Provincetown | |
| Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary | 5 mi. through 1000 acres of salt marsh, tidal creek, freshwater ponds, & pines | Wellfleet |
| Uncle Tim's Bridge | trails along Duck Creek & through marshland | Wellfleet |
| Griffin Island | short trail to Griffin Island | Wellfleet |
| Pilgrim's Heights Area | two 3/4 mi. trails | Truro |
| North Pamet and Truro Hills | Truro | |
| Small's Swamp Trail | Truro | |
| Botanical Trails of the Historic Soceity | 1.5 mi. | Yarmouth |
| Bray Farm | short walking trails through a working farm | Yarmouth |
| Meadowbrook Road | boadwalk through a cedar swamp & along Swan Lake | Yarmouth |
| Brines Pond Preserve | Martha's Vineyard | |
| Jessica Hancock Memorial Trail | Martha's Vineyard | |
| Long Point Wildlife Refuge | Martha's Vineyard | |
| Manuel F. Correllus State Forest | Martha's Vineyard | |
| Wasque Reservation | Martha's Vineyard | |
| Altar Rock | Nantucket | |
| Gardner | Nantucket | |
| Long Pond | Nantucket | |
| Miacomet Pond Trail | Nantucket | |
| Tupancy Links | Nantucket | |