Sandy Neck Great Marsh Trail
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Massachusetts · barnstable County

Sandy Neck Great Marsh Trail

Coastal trail with dunes, marshes, and wildlife viewing.

Rating
Length
4.0 mi
Difficulty
2
County
barnstable

About This Trail

Explore a 4,700-acre barrier beach ecosystem in Barnstable through dunes, maritime forest, and Great Marsh habitat along Cape Cod Bay. Nesting piping plovers, osprey platforms, and rare diamondback terrapins inhabit this wind-scoured landscape of pitch pine groves and rolling sand.

Location

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Coordinates: 41.7395522, -70.3786355

Getting There

From Barnstable, take Route 6A east to Sandy Neck Road. Turn left and follow to the Sandy Neck Beach Park gatehouse. The Great Marsh Trail begins from the parking area.

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