National Park Service Trip Planner U.S. Department of the Interior Cape Cod National Seashore Cape Cod National Seashore operations are affected by COVID-19. The health and safety of the public and seashore staff, and the protection of park resources are our highest priorities. Services may be curtailed, events may be cancelled, and facilities may be closed. Some information in this trip planner could not be confrmed at press time. Visit www.nps. gov/caco/planyourvisit/ conditions.htm for up- to-date information. See Page 4 for COVID-19 safety guidance. Courtesy Patrick Burns Park Information Superintendent’s Message Cape Cod National Seashore Oversand Offce at Race Point When this edition of the Trip Planner went 99 Marconi Site Road Ranger Station to print in June 2020, the Outer Cape, our Wellfeet, MA 02667 Open April 15 through November 15 nation, and the world were in the grip of Superintendent: Brian Carlstrom Route Information: the coronavirus pandemic. It was clear that Email: [email protected] 508-487-2100, ext. 0926 COVID-19 would have dramatic and lasting Permit Information: impacts on our lives, and tragically, cause many Park Headquarters, Wellfeet 508-487-2100, ext. 0927 deaths. Like your community, folks on the Outer 508-771-2144 Cape have had lives rearranged, businesses Fax: 508-349-9052 North Atlantic Coastal Lab interrupted, and countless disappointments. 508-487-3262 We’re grateful to all who have provided, and will Nauset Ranger Station, Eastham continue to provide, critical services as we move NPS/KEKOA ROSEHILL 508-255-2112 Emergencies: 911 past this crisis. We are working through pandemic impacts to seashore operations for Race Point Ranger Station, Provincetown https://www.nps.gov/caco 2020 and want you to know that the health and safety of the public and 508-487-2100 our staf, and the protection of park resources are our highest priorities. Salt Pond Visitor Center Province Lands Visitor Center Services may be curtailed, events may be cancelled, and facilities may be closed. This is a time to think beyond short-term inconveniences to longer Due to COVID-19, the visitor center is Due to COVID-19, the visitor center is term recovery goals. Caring for this special place is the responsibility of closed and no ranger-guided programs closed and no ranger-guided programs all of us. During your visit, please follow park rules and consider how are being ofered. Rangers are providing are being ofered. Rangers are providing you can lessen your impacts on resources and on other visitors. We ask information services outdoors on the information services outdoors on the that you recreate responsibly and leave the seashore in the same, or better visitor center grounds. Check for details visitor center grounds. Check for details condition than you found it. on arrival. on arrival. As our nation faces not only this pandemic, but also crucial conversations about civil rights, national parks refect our values and who we are as a Enjoy magnifcent views of Salt Pond, Nauset Just two miles from the tip of the Cape, people. Wander among massive redwood trees in California and consider Marsh, and the Atlantic. The Nauset Marsh experience outdoor observation decks with the generosity of those who chose to donate these magnifcent forests and Buttonbush trails and the Nauset Bicycle 360-degree dune and ocean views. The to our nation, rather than cut them for commercial gain. Witness the Trail are nearby. Province Lands Bicycle Trail and Race Point struggles for equality represented at Stonewall, Martin Luther King, Beach are nearby. Jr., and Women’s Rights national historical parks. Find a perch in a Location: 50 Nauset Road, Eastham. wilderness park, gaze up at the night sky brimming with stars, and ponder Telephone: 508-255-3421 Location: 171 Race Point Road, our place in this vast galaxy. Visit the hallowed ground at the Flight 93 Provincetown. Telephone: 508-487-1256 National Memorial or sites along the Trail of Tears and refect on our nation’s darker times. And as you walk for miles along the Great Beach, Getting to the Park consider the foresight of those who set aside Cape Cod National Seashore for our enjoyment and for the enjoyment of all who come after us. Cape Cod National Seashore is located about 100 miles south of Boston using Route 3, and about 105 miles east of Providence using Interstate 195. Cape Cod is accessed using either National parks are gifts that keep on giving. When we seek consolation, the Sagamore Bridge at the northeast end of the Cape Cod Canal, or the Bourne Bridge parks provide solace. When we need companionship, parks bring us at the southwest end of the Cape Cod Canal. A passenger ferry runs between Boston and together. When we must be alone, parks ofer unbounded wilderness. Provincetown seasonally. And when we crave routine and a return to “normal,” parks provide the repeated refrains of nature—the chorus of frogs on a spring night, waves crashing against the shore, dazzling sunrises and sunsets, and birds What’s Inside returning to nest and raise their young. Award winning author and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams wrote, “The Page 2: General Information Page 5: Historic Structures courage to continue before the face of despair is the recognition, in those eyes of darkness we fnd our own night vision.” As we all move beyond Page 3: Beaches Page 6: Local Area Information the COVID-19 crisis, and as we refect on the continuing struggle toward equality for all, may your visit to the national seashore help you fnd your Page 4: Hiking and Biking Trails; Page 7: Get Involved night vision. COVID-19 Information Page 8: Park Map Brian Carlstrom, Park Superintendent Trip Planner 1 General Information Due to COVID-19, some information in this trip planner could not be confrmed at press time. Check upon arrival. Fees are charged at national seashore beaches from late spring to early fall. Seasonal and annual passes are Oversand Permits available for purchase at beach entrance booths during operating hours. Passes are not issued or sold at seashore visitor centers. Interagency passes are available for purchase online at store.usgs.gov/pass Permits for driving on seashore oversand routes are required and available for purchase at Race Point Oversand Station in Daily Beach Entrance Fees Provincetown. Oversand permits cannot be acquired for rental Private Vehicle $25 vehicles. Bird-nesting activity, weather, and impassable conditions due to changing beach conditions may require some route closures Motorcycle $15 during the spring and summer. Per Person $10 Call 508-487-2100, ext. 0927, for permit and general information Groups Inquire (April 15 through November 15). Call 508-487-2100, ext. 0926, for Annual Passes route closure information, or access the park’s website for an up-to- date map of open and closed areas: go.nps.gov/cacoorv Cape Cod National Seashore $60 Interagency (Multiple Federal Areas)* $80 Hunting and Fishing Interagency Senior (Age 62+)* $20 Upland wildlife and migratory waterfowl may be hunted in certain Lifetime Passes areas in season. Federal, state, and local laws apply. Ask at visitor Interagency Senior (Age 62+)* $80 centers for a brochure about hunting. Interagency Access Pass (Permanently Disabled)* Free Visit go.nps.gov/caco_hunting-fshing for more information and U.S. Military Pass maps of open and closed areas. Annual Pass for US Military * Free Special-Use Permits Available to active US military members and dependents in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard, and Reserve and National Guard members. (Must be Special-use permits are required for events, weddings, and obtained in person by showing a Common Access Card [CAC] or Military ID [Form commercial flming. Information and applications are on the park’s website at: go.nps.gov/caco_permits 1173].) * Photo ID required for pass use Fees are charged and passes are available spring-fall. Electric Bikes Now Allowed in the National Seashore Electric bikes (e-bikes) are now permitted in the national seashore. E-bikes of less than 750 watts (1 h.p.) with fully operable pedals are allowed where traditional bikes are permitted. This includes the three paved bike trails—Nauset in Eastham, Head of the Meadow in Truro, and Province Lands in Provincetown. E-bicyclists using only power assistance—that is, riding an e-bike without pedaling—are only allowed to ride on roads where motor vehicles are allowed. They are not allowed on seashore bike trails. E-bicyclists, as well as bicyclists on traditional bikes, must regulate speed, follow posted speed limits, and take responsibility for the safe operation of bikes. Check page 4 for information about bike trail safety and regulations. Safety and Park Regulations • Keep trails, roadsides, and other areas clean. • their directions. Lifeguard-protected beaches Use trash receptacles and recycle bins, or take are marked with signs. trash with you. • Be alert for rip currents and underwater • Glass containers, fotation devices (rafts, rubber obstacles. Keep children within reach. tubes), snorkels, and masks are prohibited on • Use sunscreen to avoid sunburn. Use a lifeguard-protected beaches. waterproof sunscreen if you intend to go • Public nudity is prohibited. swimming. • Surfng, windsurfng, and stand-up • Smoking, including electronic cigarettes, is paddleboarding are permitted in waters outside prohibited on protected swimming beaches lifeguard-protected areas. when lifeguards are on duty. • Possession or use of metal detectors is • Drones are prohibited in the national seashore. NPS prohibited. • Biking is prohibited on seashore beaches. • Electric bikes of less than 750 watts (1 h.p.) • Kite surfng is permitted at Duck Harbor on the National Park Service rangers provide assistance operating under pedal power are allowed bay side in Wellfeet, and in a posted 1¾-mile and enforce regulations that protect you and the where traditional bikes are allowed.