Massachusetts
Hidden Trails of Cape Cod
The trails shown here aren’t included in Cape Cod National Seashore literature, but it’s perfectly permissible to walk them, and they all have legal parking areas. When my husband worked for the trails division, he told me about the special places there that the public just isn’t aware of. I was surprised at the solitude […]
By Jennifer Kain Defoe|Jun 30 2014|
Snail Road
Photo Credit: Shaw, Alison
Photo Credit : Shaw, Alison
Being a property owner within the National Seashore boundries, I am quite familiar with many lower cape walking trails. My husband also worked for the National Park for a few summers and we have enjoyed walking many little-used trails and old footpaths. We still walk and canoe in new areas. We haven’t walked the Bound Brook trail from the Atwood Higgins House, but that will be on our list. The Native American name for Bound Brook is Sapokonish, as written in a book about Wellfleet which can be found in the Wellfleet Library.
This article has prompted a trip to Cape Cod in late June. I am looking forward to finding at least one of these trails. Thank you.
Whoever left these trails a 2 star review is definitely misguided, out of shape, or hates nature. This is a 5 Star place.