Mashpee River Reservation

Where else can you walk in Mashpee?

• Easy · 3.5 mi

  Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Trails

  Natural trail · NOAA / Massachusetts DCR

  A network of nature trails through the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve on the Mashpee-Falmouth border. Paths traverse salt marsh edges, pine barrens, and coastal shrubland with views over Waquoit Bay. Excellent birding year-round and educational signage throughout.

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• Easy · 2.8 mi

  Lowell Holly Reservation Loop

  Natural trail · The Trustees of Reservations

  A loop trail through a National Natural Landmark peninsula between Wakeby and Mashpee ponds. Famous for its cathedral-like stands of American holly and beech trees. The path runs along shoreline bluffs with sweeping freshwater pond views. One of Cape Cod's most scenic and botanically significant walks.

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• Easy · 3.2 mi

  Mashpee River Woodlands Loop

  Natural trail · Town of Mashpee / The Trustees of Reservations

  A trail loop through the Mashpee River Woodlands following both banks of the Mashpee River from its headwaters to the tidal estuary. The river is one of the last undammed rivers on Cape Cod and supports a wild Atlantic salmon and sea-run brook trout run. Old-growth white pine groves shade much of the path.

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• Moderate · 8 mi

  Mashpee River Woodlands

  Natural trail · Town of Mashpee Conservation

  Roughly 8 miles of town-owned woodland trails (Long River, Fox, Johnson, Partridge Berry and more) winding along the tidal Mashpee River through pine-oak forest. Connects to the abutting Trustees' Mashpee River Reservation for a larger trail network.

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• Easy

  South Cape Beach State Park

  Mixed · MA Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)

  A DCR coastal state park within the Waquoit Bay Reserve, with the Great Flat Pond Loop trail winding through woodlands and wetlands out to Sage Lot Pond and surrounding salt marsh, plus barrier-beach walking. Dogs prohibited on the beach April 1-September 30.

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• Easy · 2.5 mi

  Lowell Holly Reservation

  Natural trail · The Trustees of Reservations

  A 135-acre Trustees reservation on a wooded neck between Mashpee and Wakeby Ponds, with about four miles of trails through a rare old-growth forest of roughly 250 native American holly trees. A popular ~2.5-mile loop circles the peninsula.

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