Backroad Bicycling on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket

by Susan Milton, Kevin Jeffrey, Nan Jeffrey

Overview

This indispensable guide to cycling Cape Cod and the islands now includes rides on dirt roads and trails for both touring and mountain bikes.
The natural beauty of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket is best appreciated from the intimate vantage point of a bicycle: sand dunes and beaches, cranberry bogs and pine forests, wildflower meadows and tidal creeks, and above all, the ever-present sea. Susan Milton has completely updated this guide to include tours on back roads and little-traveled paths. They avoid the crowds and traffic that can plague the Cape, taking riders instead along scenic lanes and past quiet harbors. Each chapter includes a detailed map of the tour, mile-by-mile directions, and information on the area's maritime heritage and natural history, as well as places to eat, stay, and repair or rent a bike. 31 up-to-date maps, includes tours for both mountain bikes and road bikes. The first edition of this book was titled 25 Bicycle Tours on Cape Cod & the Islands.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780881505016
Publisher:	Countryman Press, The
Publication date:	05/17/2001
Series:	Backroad Bicycling Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	329,453
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Susan Milton, who has lived and worked on Cape Cod since 1973, is a reporter for the Cape Cod Times. She lives in Orleans, Massachusetts.

Kevin Jeffrey is the co-author (with Nan Jeffrey) of Adventures with Children as well as three other books.

Nan Jeffrey, a resident of Cape Cod for many years, now lives on Prince Edward Island with Kevin Jeffrey.

Table of Contents

	Preface to the Second Edition	9
	Backroad Bicycle Tours at a Glance	10
	Introduction	13
	The Upper Cape
1.	Bourne, North Falmouth, and the Cape Cod Canal	29
2.	Falmouth and Woods Hole	35
3.	Sandwich and the Cape Cod Canal	44
	The Mid-Cape
4.	West Barnstable and East Sandwich	53
5.	Barnstable and Yarmouthport	60
6.	Marstons Mills, Mashpee, and Cotuit	67
7.	Centerville and Osterville	74
8.	South Dennis to Chapin Beach	80
	The Lower Cape
9.	Brewster, Harwich, and Nickerson State Park	91
10.	South Dennis and Harwich	98
11.	Around Chatham	107
12.	Brewster, Orleans, and Eastham	113
13.	Around Eastham	121
14.	North Eastham and South Wellfleet	127
15.	Around Wellfleet	133
16.	Around Truro	141
17.	Provincetown and North Truro	148
	Nantucket
18.	Around Nantucket Town and to Surfside	158
19.	Nantucket Town to Madaket	167
20.	Nantucket Town to Siasconset	173
	Martha's Vineyard
21.	Vineyard Haven to West Tisbury	185
22.	West Tisbury, Chilmark, and Aquinnah	192
23.	Vineyard Haven, Oak Bluffs, and Edgartown	199
24.	Around Edgartown and to South Beach	207
25.	Edgartown to Chappaquiddick	214