Lieutenant Island Road (Scenic Drive — Stop & View)
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What is Lieutenant Island Road (Scenic Drive — Stop & View) like?
Lieutenant Island Road runs west out of South Wellfleet on a low causeway across a wide salt marsh, crossing a small bridge before it reaches Lieutenant Island. In late afternoon the marsh grass turns gold, with Wellfleet Harbor showing beyond it. The bridge floods at high tide, so check the tide chart before you go. Once you reach the island the roads are posted private for residents and guests, so treat this as a slow drive out across the marsh and back.
Plan your walk
Lieutenant Island Road (Scenic Drive — Stop & View)
Lieutenant Island Rd, Wellfleet, MA 02667
When should you go?
Best time to go
Checking today’s weather and sun times…
What’s the trail like?
- Length
- Not noted
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Surface
- Not noted
- Dogs
- Not noted
- Kids
- Not noted
- Accessible
- Not noted
- Views
- Water
- Good for
- Not noted
What should you know before you go?
Parking
No designated parking verified on the causeway. Don't stop on the bridge or block the road. The island's roads beyond the 'Private Roads – Residents + Guests Only' sign are not open to visitors.
Managed by
Town of Wellfleet (town-accepted road as far as the island)
What you'll see
Salt marsh, Water views
Where is the trailhead?
Lieutenant Island Rd, Wellfleet, MA 02667.
