Small's Swamp Trail
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What is Small's Swamp Trail like?
A roughly half-mile loop in the Pilgrim Heights Area passing through abandoned farmland returning to forest, with a short boardwalk over a marshy hollow and a spur to a fine vista of the dunes and Atlantic. An easy, scenic introduction to the Outer Cape's changing landscape.
Plan your walk
Small's Swamp Trail
Pilgrim Heights Area, off Route 6 about a mile north of Head of the Meadow Road, North Truro, MA 02652
When should you go?
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What’s the trail like?
- Length
- 0.5 mi
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Surface
- Mixed
- Dogs
- Allowed (leashed)
- Kids
- Kid-friendly
- Accessible
- Not noted
- Views
- Ocean
- Good for
- Hiking, Walking, Boardwalk
What should you know before you go?
Parking
Free NPS lot at the Pilgrim Heights Area off Route 6.
Dogs
Allowed (leashed)
Managed by
Cape Cod National Seashore (NPS)
What you'll see
Ocean views, Dunes, Forest, Salt marsh, Kid-friendly
Where is the trailhead?
Pilgrim Heights Area, off Route 6 about a mile north of Head of the Meadow Road, North Truro, MA 02652.
