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Seashore Bicycle Route
USGS Map:       Orleans

Parking:        Salt Pond Visitors Center on Route 6 in Eastham.
		    
Miles           Route

2.0             East on Seashore bike trail to old Coast Guard
                  Station overlooking ocean.

3.4             North on Ocean View Drive to Nauset Light.

3.6             West on Cable Road to Three Sisters Lights.

4.4             West on Cable Road to Nauset Road.

5.5             Northwest on Nauset Road to Route 6.
                  WALK bike across Route 6 and north to Aspinet road.

6.1             West on Aspinet Road to Massasoit Road.

7.0             South on Massasoit Road to Herring Brook Road.

8.4             South on Herring Brook Road to Kingsbury Beach
                  Road.

9.1             East on Kingsbury Beach Road to Great Pond Road.

9.4             South on Great Pond Road to Locust Road.

10.0            East on Locust Road to Salt Pond Road.

10.3            East on Salt Pond Road, WALK across Route 6,
                   to return.


South Eastham Bicycle Route

USGS Map:       Orleans

Parking:        Parking lot at Rock Harbor, 1.2 miles north on
                    Main Street in Orleans from Route 6A.                    

		    Depot Square in Orleans on Old Colony Road
		    next to the Cape Cod Rail Trail, west of Main Street,
		    adds approximately 3 miles.  Ride the rail trail to	
		    Locust Road.  At the end, ride Rock Harbor Road
		    south to Depot Square.
Miles           Route

1.3              East on Rock Harbor Road to rail trail.

4.0             North on rail trail to Locust Road, at sign to
                  Seashore trails.

4.2             West on Locust Road to Great Pond Road.

4.7             South on Great Pond Road to Samoset Road.

6.1             West on Samoset Road to First Encounter Beach.

6.6             Reverse to Herring Brook Road.

7.6             South on Herring Brook Road to Bridge Road

Note:         Two scenic stops can be made from Bridge Road:
                   West on Bayview Road to Boat Meadow Beach, adds 0.5 miles
                   West on Dyer Prince Road to Dog Beach, adds 1.4 miles

9.6             South on Bridge Road to Rock Harbor Road.

10.7           East on Rock Harbor Road to Rock Harbor.
 


Eastham Beaches Bicycle Route

USGS Map:       Orleans
 
Parking:       Salt Pond Visitors Center on Route 6 in Eastham.
Miles           Route

1.0              West on Locust Road

1.5              South on Great Pond Road

2.9              West on Samoset Road to First Encounter Beach     

3.4               East to Herring Brook Road

4.4               North to Wiley Park

5.2               North to Thumpertown Road

5.6               West to Thumpertown Beach

6.2                North on Shurtleff Road to Campground Landing

6.7                East to Higgins Road

7.6                North to Steele Road

7.9                East to Massasoit Road

8.4                North to Sunken Meadow Road

9.0                West to South Sunken Meadow Beach

9.7                 East to Massasoit Road

9.9                 South to Aspinet Road

10.6               East to Route 6, cross to Nauset Road at light

11.6               East to Cable Road

12.6               East to Nauset Light Beach parking lot

13.6               West to Nauset Road

14.0               South to Schoolhouse Road

15.2               South to Salt Pond Visitor Center