31. Hathaway’S Pond Recreation Area
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 862-4093
Description: The Hathaway’s Pond Recreation Area in Barnstable has oak and pine forests, two ponds, an interpretive trail, and a picnic area within its 94 acres. The entrance is on Phinney’s Lane off Route 132.
32. Horse Pond Conservation Area
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 398-2231, ext. 1283
Description: Located near the Mattacheese School, this ¾-mile hilly trail is marked by pitch pines, white oaks, sassafras, and blueberry and huckleberry bushes. Though the trail is joined by side trails that lead off toward longer journeys, the main trail keeps Horse Pond within sight.
33. Indian Lands Conservation Area
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 760-6123
Description: Some of the Cape’s most awesome flora and fauna abound in Indian Lands Conservation Area, a 2-mile walk that hugs the banks of Bass River. Birders can easily spot kingfishers and blue herons in the winter. You know summer is around the corner when the lady’s slipper orchids start sprouting in May.
34. Long Pond Conservation Area
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 862-4093
Description: A community garden with two observation decks overlooking the 37-acre Long Pond are features of Long Pond Conservation Area. An interpretive network of trails totaling 2 miles passes through fields and woodlands. A parking entrance on Newtown Road is about 2½ miles from Route 28.
35. Meadowbrook Road Conservation Area
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 398-2231, ext. 1283
Description: Meadowbrook Road Conservation Area is a pretty walking area with a short boardwalk over a freshwater marsh that leads to a scenic overlook of Swan Pond.
36. Nature Trails
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 362-3021
Description: The Nature Trails behind the Yarmouthport Post Office on Route 6A are owned by the town and maintained by the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth. There is a gatehouse at the beginning of the trail where you can pick up a trail map and where a donation is requested. The main trail is approximately 1 mile long, and the pond trail around Millers Pond adds another half-mile to the trek.
37. Raymond J. Syrjala Conservation Area
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 398-2231, ext. 1283
Description: The Raymond J. Syrjala Conservation Area is about a half-mile from Route 28. The 3,540–foot trail encircles a kettle-hole pond that serves as a great frog pond. The trail itself is spongy because it’s made up of decaying leaves and pine needles. Many species of vegetation, such as red maple, pitch pine, and blueberries, are marked.
38. Sandy Neck Recreation Area
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 862-4093
Description: The Sandy Neck Recreation Area has about 5 miles of sandy trails bordered by wildflowers and cranberries. It’s a nice place to canoe and fish. You can plan your hike from a trail map at the beach guard station. Parking is available, and a small fee is charged during the summer.
39. Simpkins Neck Romig-Jacquinetfresh Pond Conservation Area
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 760-6123
Description: Fresh Pond Conservation Area, right on Route 134, is 27 unspoiled acres of blueberries and wild cranberries. You can occasionally spot ducks and red-tailed hawks here while you walk one of four informal trails ranging from a 15-minute loop to a leisurely 45-minute walk.
40. West Barnstable Conservation Area
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 862-4093
Description: West Barnstable Conservation Area is an extensive 1,114-acre area with 15 miles of trails. A good number of the trails are geared toward mountain biking. You’ll find limited parking at the intersection of Popple Bottom Road and Route 149 or off the service road.
41. Bell’S Neck Road Conservation Area
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Description: One of the finest bird-watching sports on the Lower Cape, this is a magnificent 245-acre utopia of marshlands, herring runs, reservoirs, and tidal creeks.
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
45. Punkhorn Parklands
City: Cape Cod, MA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (508) 896-3701
Description: Here you’ll find a maze of 45 scenic trails throughout more than 800 acres of rugged parkland made up of marshes and meadows, quarries and woodland, pine and oak—a tranquil paradise interrupted only by warbling birds, howling coyotes, and the occasional mountain bike. Along the paths you’ll spot old pumps once used by cranberry growers to flood these former bogs.