![]() This is a great place to stop and rest your legs, grab a drink of water, and enjoy the majestic fall scenery that adorns the 1,900 acres of forest surrounding you. Make sure your phone or camera is charged before arriving at this Instagram-worthy spot.Ĭrossing into Brewster is the wooded wilderness of Nickerson State Park. Pedaling up a small hill past the Pleasant Lake General Store, the fall foliage reflects off the serene still waters of Seymour Pond. There’s also a bog along Hinckley Pond near the Headwaters Drive Parking lot. ![]() Upon reaching the trail’s crossing with Great Western Road on the Harwich/Dennis line, you’ll find a crimson cranberry bog full of red ripe cranberries ready to be pressed. There are few things more synonymous with fall in New England than the cranberry harvest. Great Western Road, Hinckley’s and Seymour Pond, Harwich The sunset over Bass River is second to none and the bright oranges, yellows and reds of autumn that frame this area of the trail look like something out of an Edward Hopper painting. As a child, I remember swimmers jumping from the railroad bridge into the river below, as we watched from Route 6 entering Dennis. Here are some of my favorite detours on the Cape Cod Rail Trail.īass River separates Dennis from Yarmouth, and when the rail trail was extended into Yarmouth a few years back, a railroad bridge spanning the river was converted into a bike and pedestrian bridge. Weaving more than 25 miles through pitch pine forests, kettle ponds, cranberry bogs, salt marshes and soft sand beaches, the rail trail offers landscapes for every nature enthusiast, especially in the fall. If you’re looking to explore the Cape on two wheels, the Cape Cod Rail Trail has a wider array of natural scenery than most bike paths and hiking trails in the region.
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