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Cape Cod Rail Trail
Depot Street
Dennis, Massachusetts
(508) 255-3421
Introduction
With its diverse scenery, access to shops and food, and proximity to beaches and other interesting sites, Cape Cod Rail Trail is a great skate and a great weekend destination. Up for a marathon in-line skate? Check this trail out. With a recent extension, it is 25 miles long, extending from Dennis past Eastham to South Wellfleet. Round trip, you will log nearly 50 miles. The Cape Cod Rail Trail follows a rail bed that was first owned and built in the early 1880s by the Cape Cod Central Railroad Co.
Today the trail begins in Dennis and runs through Harwich, Brewster, and Orleans. The original 19-mile stretch then ends at Cape Cod National Seashore Visitors’ Center in Eastham (508) 255-3421. A six-mile extension, with some of the finest cycling and skating pavement in New England, extends north beyond the Visitors’ Center to LeCount Hollow in Wellfleet. Pedestrian and bicycle traffic can be heavy, particularly on summer weekends (for those in the mood for a ramble along with skating, walk one of the self-guided trails at the Eastham Visitors’ Center or at the Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. The trails are generally open 8 a.m. to dusk.
The Rail Trail starts from a parking lot about two tenths of a mile farther south on the left. Alternatively, continue on Route 6 another 14 miles or so past Route 134 to the Visitors' Center in Eastham. There are many other places to access the Trail, but parking, particularly in summer, can be difficult.
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