Bikes, Birds & Outdoor Activities

Cape Cod Baseball: The premier amateur baseball league in the nation since 1885.

Cape Cod Bird Club: Come bird watching with the Cape Cod Bird Club! All are welcome to join our field trips. There is no fee and no registration.

Cape Cod Canal Bikeway: This bikeway follows the Cape Cod Canal through sections of Bourne and Sagamore, respectively. Partially maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers, it offers fantastic views of the canal's various boat traffic, along with the area's quaint shoreline scenery of unique homes and natural beauty.

Cape Cod Fishing Charters: Come enjoy the best trophy striped bass fishing in the Northeast.

Cape Cod Kayaking: Come explore Cape Cod with the Goose Hummocks Outdoor Adventure Program. We offer kayaking lessons, kayak rentals, guided Cape Cod kayak tours as well as Cape Cod Fishing Charters, NEW Lower Cape Natural History Hikes, corporate Cape Cod kayak outings and school kayaking programs.

Cape Cod Rail Trail: The Cape Cod Rail Trail is a paved bikeway that runs 28 miles from South Dennis to Wellfleet. The terrain is relatively flat, with some minor grades at certain sections in the Lower and Outer Cape areas, specifically Orleans and Wellfleet. It offers the most variety in scenery and natural Cape landscapes available of all the regional bike routes.

Cape Cod Walking Trails: Cape Cod Pathways is a growing network of trails linking Cape Cod's coastal areas, historic villages, and open space. The Pathways network will encompass all 15 Cape Cod towns from Falmouth to Provincetown.

Coonamessett Farm: Get your hands (and knees) dirty while picking your own vegetables, herbs, berries, and flowers at this 20-acre farm. Then head to the petting zoo, where you can get up-close and personal with miniature sheep, donkeys, goats, chickens, ducks, and alpacas.

Scuba Diving: is dynamic, exciting and constantly challenging. You can wreck dive, lobster dive, night dive, ice dive, scallop dive, collect tropical fish, cave dive, dive at high altitude, oyster dive, deep dive right from the beach, shoot underwater photos, dive with seals, basking sharks, blue sharks, and schools of striped bass! You can even swim with pods of squid at night.

Shining Sea Bikeway: The Shining Sea Bikeway follows the coast from Falmouth to Woods Hole, winding along the Vineyard Sound shoreline. Ideal for casual and beginner cyclists, it was built on a former railroad right-of-way, and is level nearly the entire 3.3-mile distance. Lined with familiar Cape Cod flower and tree species, it makes for a wonderful ride from Falmouth to scenic Woods Hole.This route avoids much of Falmouth's notorious summer traffic by winding down along the beach, through marshes and through the Salt Pond Bird Sanctuary.

Trail of Tears: The Trail of Tears is one of the most popular riding spots on Cape Cod. Located within the West Barnstable Conservation area, it is a 15-mile network of twisty rolling singletrack, complete with big ring downhills and short, technical climbs. One of these trails' most amazing attributes is the variety of terrain one can encounter in any given ride. From loamy singletrack with pine needles and roots to hardpack rock gardens and deep soft sand, there's always something to surprise and challenge you around every turn.

Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary: The Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is one of Massachusetts Audubon's largest and most beautiful sanctuaries. Here visitors can explore more than 5 miles of magnificent nature trails that traverse salt marsh, pine woods, freshwater ponds, coastal heathland, sandplain, grassland, barrier beach, and tidal flats. No matter the season, the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is a wonderful place to observe wildlife and develop a better appreciation for the unique eco-systems that are permanently protected here.

Wellfleet Drive-In Theatre: Enjoy first run double features every night at the only Drive-in on Cape Cod. Built in 1957, the Wellfleet Drive-In hosts a 100' x 44' screen, and a state-of-the-art FM stereo sound system that decodes modern sound tracks. Don't have a radio? That's OK! Mono original speakers are available for your listening pleasure. There's a playground and snack bar too!

Whale Watching: Highlight your Cape Cod vacation with an unforgettable cruise aboard the Mid-Cape's only Whale Watch. Our high speed state-of-the-art vessel sails daily—May through October—from picturesque Barnstable Harbor.