Shining Sea Bikeway Map

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Shining Sea Bikeway
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ATM/Bank
Ferry Station
Restroom (seasonal)
Bicycle Shop
Hospital
Visitor Information
Swimming Beach
Picnic Area
Food
Trail Connection
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Distance in miles
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Salt Pond. Trail connection to access paths at Salt Pond Area Reservation (40 acres).
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Oyster Pond, formed from a glacial kettle hole; stewardship of this
watershed is provided by Oyster Pond Environmental Trust.
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Woods Hole. Southern end of bikeway; metered parking; research institutions, public aquarium, ferry to Martha’s Vineyard
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Monument to Katharine Lee Bates, author of “America the Beautiful.”
Trunk River, the outlet from Oyster Pond into Vineyard Sound; seasonal
alewife herring run.
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Falmouth Village. Main parking area; go uphill on Depot Ave. to Highfield Hall and trail connection to Beebe Woods.
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Trail connection to Goodwill Park/Grew’s Pond/Long Pond and Moraine Trail. Please be extremely careful crossing Rte. 28/Palmer Ave.
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Locust Street. Original northern end of bikeway when dedicated in
1975. Limited parking. Visit the 300 Committee (a Falmouth land trust)
office to obtain maps of conservation lands in Falmouth.
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At about 50-ft elevation, here you cross the glacial moraine separating
the Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound watersheds.
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Little Sippewissett Marsh, protected by the barrier dunes at Woodneck Beach. The name Sippewissett comes from the Wampanoag
language, meaning “little cove” or “little river.”
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Great Sippewissett Marsh, important salt marsh habitat for the Buzzards Bay ecosystem. The Town of Falmouth, Salt Pond Areas Bird
Sanctuaries, Inc., and the Massachusetts Audubon Society protect 140
acres of the marsh.
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Deck overlooking West Falmouth’s Oyster Pond and the glacial moraine
to the east.
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West Falmouth. Scenic West Falmouth Harbor.
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Bourne Farm. The cattle tunnel is a main trail crossing to 49 acres
owned by Salt Pond Bird Areas Sanctuaries, Inc.
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Cranberry bog, privately owned. Cranberries have been harvested here
each fall for over 100 years.
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North Falmouth. Northern end of bikeway; main parking area.
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