About trails in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Barnstable County has 442 named trails on the map, covering 646 miles in total, an average of 1.5 miles per trail. That is the 5th largest mapped trail network among 14 counties in Massachusetts. 406 of them are tagged for hiking and 120 for mountain biking.

The longest single trail is East Coast Greenway (MA complementary Cape Cod route), at 92.7 miles. 17 trails run 5 miles or longer. Mapped points of interest in the county include 37 trailheads, 90 campsites, and 164 boat launches. The nearest towns to these trails are East Sandwich, North Eastham, and Barnstable Town.

What the trails in Barnstable County are like

By length, 352 are under a mile, 73 run 1 to 5 miles, and 17 are 5 miles or longer. 13 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is Nauset Bicycle Trail, at 4.0 miles.

Of the 140 with a difficulty rating, 79 easy and 61 moderate. Of the 442 with measured elevation, Cape Cod Canal Bikeway climbs the most, about 1,133 ft.

Explore by activity

442All trails

406Hiking 120Mountain biking

646Total miles

90Campsites

164Boat launches

37Trailheads

East Coast Greenway (MA complementary Cape Cod route)MTB92.7 mi Cape Cod Rail TrailMTB63.2 mi The Cape Cod WayHike60.6 mi Shining Sea BikewayMTB20.8 mi Province Lands Bike TrailMTB15.4 mi Old Colony Rail TrailMTB14.7 mi Cape Cod Canal BikewayHikeMTB12.9 mi Town of Barnstable Main TrailHike12.7 mi Sandwich Service Road TrailMTB12.7 mi Moraine TrailHike11.3 mi Cape Cod Rail Trail Extension Phase 4MTB9.3 mi Chatham Scenic Bike RouteMTB7.1 mi Cape Cod Canal Bikeway NorthMTB7.0 mi Cape Cod Canal Bikeway SouthMTB6.6 mi Town of Barnstable South LoopHike6.1 mi Marsh TrailHike5.3 mi Cape Cod Rail Trail Extension Phase 3MTB5.0 mi Great Island TrailHike4.9 mi Nauset Beach OSM RouteHike4.7 mi ORV Beach Trail4.3 mi Nauset Bicycle TrailMTB4.0 mi Old King's HighwayHikeMTB3.9 mi Town of Barnstable North LoopHike3.9 mi Abandoned TrailHikeMTB3.4 mi Craddock TrailHikeMTB3.3 mi Old Kings HighwayMTB3.0 mi Silas RoadHikeMTB3.0 mi Popple Bottom RoadHikeMTB2.9 mi Cliff Pond TrailHike2.8 mi Town Forest TrailHike2.7 mi Crooked CartwayHikeMTB2.7 mi Atlantic White Cedar Swamp TrailHike2.7 mi ToT NorthHikeMTB2.5 mi bicycleMTB2.5 mi PowerlinesHikeMTB2.4 mi Red TrailHike2.3 mi Nauset Marsh TrailHike2.3 mi MacMillan Pier/Beech ForestMTB2.2 mi Nook Road TrailHikeMTB2.2 mi Tank Trail2.2 mi ToT SouthHikeMTB2.2 mi SubdivisionsHike2.1 mi The Back NineHikeMTB2.1 mi JawbonesHike2.1 mi Parallel Sandwich TrailHike2.1 mi Town LineHikeMTB2.0 mi Duck Harbor RoadHike2.0 mi John Wing TrailHike2.0 mi Cape Cod Community College Circuit (Unofficial Cape Cod Pathways)Hike2.0 mi Power LineHikeMTB1.9 mi Head of the Meadow Bike TrailHikeMTB1.9 mi Dead endHikeMTB1.9 mi Bell RoadHikeMTB1.8 mi Horse TrailHikeMTB1.7 mi Freeman Cart PathHikeMTB1.7 mi Race Point BeachHike1.7 mi Long River TrailHike1.7 mi Shawme Highway TrailHike1.6 mi BushwoodHikeMTB1.6 mi Otis Atwood LoopHikeMTB1.6 mi Pine TrailHike1.6 mi Crocker RoadHikeMTB1.6 mi Ober TrailHikeMTB1.6 mi Old Colony Nature TrailHikeMTB1.5 mi Deer Park TrailHikeMTB1.5 mi Higgins Crowell Road Shared Use PathMTB1.5 mi Home From The ForestHike1.4 mi Bay View TrailHike1.4 mi Four Ponds LoopHike1.4 mi Ruth Pond TrailMTB1.4 mi Race to Sean ConneryHike1.4 mi Hiking Trail to Doane Memorial and Coast Guard BeachHike1.4 mi Little Cliff Pond TrailHike1.4 mi Higgins Hollow RoadMTB1.3 mi Broken ArrowHikeMTB1.3 mi Flax Pond PathHike1.3 mi Higgin's Pond Trail1.3 mi Blue TrailHike1.3 mi Cape Cod PathwaysHikeMTB1.3 mi Old Post RoadHike1.2 mi Old Outermost RoadMTB1.2 mi Great Hay RoadHike1.2 mi North RidgeHikeMTB1.2 mi Big RingHikeMTB1.2 mi Hook, Line, and SinkerHike1.2 mi BreakwaterHike1.1 mi Woods Walk at Highlands CenterHike1.1 mi Ober RoadHikeMTB1.1 mi The Sandwich Side NorthHikeMTB1.0 mi West South HillHike1.0 mi Old Mill RoadHikeMTB1.0 mi Holy RollersHike1.0 mi Danforth TrailsHikeMTB1.0 mi AutomileHikeMTB1.0 mi Just Kidding AroundHike0.9 mi Tee PeeHike0.9 mi Doane LoopHike0.9 mi White TrailHike0.9 mi Island Loop TrailHike0.9 mi BlueridgeHikeMTB0.8 mi Jacob's LadderHikeMTB0.8 mi The FlatsHikeMTB0.8 mi Simons Narrows RoadHike0.8 mi Beech Forest TrailHike0.8 mi Pine LaneHikeMTB0.8 mi Mei Li WayHikeMTB0.8 mi Art's TrailHikeMTB0.8 mi Pillage and PlunderHike0.8 mi C-O-MM and Get It!Hike0.8 mi Dark Side of the SunHikeMTB0.8 mi Deer RunHike0.8 mi Snowman TrailHikeMTB0.8 mi Endless WireHikeMTB0.8 mi Tractor Tire TrailHikeMTB0.8 mi Dube Rock TrailHikeMTB0.8 mi Wing Cart PathHikeMTB0.8 mi Old East Osterville RoadHike0.8 mi Cedar TrailHikeMTB0.8 mi Southwest SauceHikeMTB0.7 mi Ridgeway TrailHikeMTB0.7 mi SasquatchHikeMTB0.7 mi Scusset Beach State Reservation TrailHike0.7 mi Favorite Audubon TrailHike0.7 mi Ve Trail0.7 mi Eddy Bay TrailHike0.7 mi West Pond Circuit TrailHike0.7 mi Black RacerHike0.7 mi Munson RoadHike0.7 mi Pilgrim Spring TrailHike0.7 mi Thacher TrailHike0.7 mi Burning ManHikeMTB0.7 mi Goodspeed RoadHike0.7 mi Panty BucketHike0.7 mi Herring River Overlook Conservation Land and TrailHike0.7 mi Peters Pond Drive TrailHike0.7 mi Walker Point TrailHikeMTB0.7 mi Trayser TrailHike0.7 mi Deer Run TrailHike0.7 mi Central ParkHike0.7 mi Mighty OaksHike0.7 mi Fin's FollyHike0.7 mi For Whom the Bell TollsHike0.6 mi Green TrailHike0.6 mi ThunderballHike0.6 mi Forrest RoadHikeMTB0.6 mi Herring River Overlook TrailHike0.6 mi Indian Trails 1 LoopHikeMTB0.6 mi Fort Hill TrailHike0.6 mi Head of the Meadow Bicycle Trail ConnectorHikeMTB0.6 mi Sandy Meadow LoopHikeMTB0.6 mi Car WashHike0.6 mi To the LimitHike0.6 mi right of wayHike0.6 mi Farmersville RoadHikeMTB0.6 mi THE LAWHike0.6 mi Kettle HoleHike0.6 mi Red Maple Swamp TrailHike0.6 mi Jacob's SchoonerHike0.6 mi Easy StreetHike0.6 mi SparkyHikeMTB0.6 mi StonehengeHikeMTB0.6 mi Main Trail (blue)Hike0.6 mi Hi DroidHike0.6 mi Bournedale Hills TrailHike0.6 mi ShoutHikeMTB0.6 mi Beech TrailHike0.6 mi Airport TrailHikeMTB0.6 mi SidewinderHike0.6 mi Middle TrailHikeMTB0.6 mi The HammerHike0.6 mi Goose Pond TrailHike0.6 mi Sandwich SidewinderHikeMTB0.6 mi OvergrownHike0.6 mi Tim SullivanHike0.6 mi Grassy Pond TrailHike0.6 mi The WallHikeMTB0.6 mi Northwest PassageHikeMTB0.6 mi Canal Service RoadHikeMTB0.5 mi Shooting Range TrailHike0.5 mi BlackridgeHikeMTB0.5 mi Lookout LaneHikeMTB0.5 mi Buttonbush TrailHike0.5 mi Holly TrailHike0.5 mi SmashburgerHikeMTB0.5 mi Camp BurgessHike0.5 mi Scott Rock Ya TrailHike0.5 mi Silver Spring TrailHike0.5 mi Pond TrailHike0.5 mi Francis Worrell Loop TrailHike0.5 mi Partridge Berry TrailHike0.5 mi Hot Bottom RoadHike0.5 mi Larry/Bill/Ed TrailHike0.5 mi Spinal TapHikeMTB0.5 mi Excite BikeHikeMTB0.5 mi Small's Swamp TrailHike0.5 mi Just TeasingHike0.5 mi Mud FlapHikeMTB0.5 mi The End is NyeHikeMTB0.5 mi Knee Surgery RehabHike0.5 mi Little HathawaysHikeMTB0.5 mi EternityHikeMTB0.5 mi Yellow TrailHike0.5 mi Orange TrailHike0.5 mi Trail 4Hike0.5 mi Gimme 3 StepsHike0.5 mi Robert Verity Clem TrailHike0.5 mi Old TimersHike0.5 mi Beck Family TrailHike0.5 mi Nauset Bicycle Trail ConnectorMTB0.5 mi Twine Field TrailHike0.5 mi North Boundary Trail0.5 mi South LoopHike0.4 mi Clover TrailHike0.4 mi JazzHike0.4 mi Oil PanHike0.4 mi Fuller Marsh RoadHikeMTB0.4 mi Extra PicklesHike0.4 mi Hogies and GrindersHikeMTB0.4 mi ClutchHikeMTB0.4 mi Great Pine TrailHike0.4 mi Johnson TrailHike0.4 mi Woods LoopHike0.4 mi foot path Peterson FarmHike0.4 mi Agawam Rd.Hike0.4 mi Cape Cod Rail Trail Higgins Crowell SpurHikeMTB0.4 mi FreefallHike0.4 mi Drumlins of DoomHike0.4 mi Missing LinkHike0.4 mi WestwatchHike0.4 mi Coyote Den TrailHike0.4 mi Captains LogsHike0.4 mi Trail 10.4 mi Three WitchesHikeMTB0.4 mi PicnicHike0.4 mi Swamp ThingHikeMTB0.4 mi Spruce HillHike0.4 mi Keyes the LimitHike0.4 mi Dump LoopHike0.4 mi HCT TrailHike0.4 mi Bone Hill TrailHike0.4 mi Deep Punkhorn PathHike0.4 mi Old Wireless RoadHikeMTB0.4 mi Pamet Cranberry Bog TrailHike0.4 mi Fresh Brook PathwayHike0.4 mi That Dam TrailHike0.4 mi Path to the KnobHike0.4 mi Trail 20.4 mi PondsideHike0.4 mi River TrailHike0.4 mi Tupper Cart PathHike0.3 mi Late For ClassHike0.3 mi Valley Farm TrailHike0.3 mi Riverview Ave TrailHike0.3 mi Off Limits - Do Not EnterHike0.3 mi Billy's BolesHike0.3 mi Copper Pond LoopHike0.3 mi Wilkens ViewHike0.3 mi Pond View TrailHike0.3 mi PintsideHikeMTB0.3 mi South TrailHike0.3 mi Route 6 Bike Trail ConnectorHikeMTB0.3 mi Rail Trail AccessHike0.3 mi Tiny AcornsHike0.3 mi Swan TrailHike0.3 mi Flat Pond TrailHikeMTB0.3 mi Dirt pathHike0.3 mi Smokeys PassageHike0.3 mi ThicketHike0.3 mi Tom's Way TrailHike0.3 mi Ivy LeagueHike0.3 mi MoonrakerHike0.3 mi Mt. Perry TrailHike0.3 mi The WeaveHike0.3 mi Monomoy NWR Nature TrailHike0.3 mi Red Fox TrailHike0.3 mi ResponseHike0.3 mi Maple StreetHikeMTB0.3 mi SproutHike0.3 mi Spruce TrailHike0.3 mi Cove TrailHike0.3 mi Treeline TrailHike0.3 mi Tilly's TurkeyHike0.3 mi The Sandwich BoardwalkHike0.3 mi Trail 60.3 mi ORV Beach Access Trail0.3 mi Sandwich BoardwalkHike0.3 mi Try Island TrailHike0.3 mi Wedding BandHike0.3 mi Perera TrailHike0.3 mi Green CrescentHike0.3 mi Atkins Trail0.3 mi Grady's WayHikeMTB0.3 mi Summer SchoolHike0.3 mi The Plains RoadHike0.3 mi Woodcock TrailHike0.3 mi Bog Cart PathHike0.3 mi Beech Forest Trail SpurHike0.3 mi The Sandwich Side SouthHikeMTB0.3 mi North TrailHike0.3 mi Robins Nest TrailHike0.3 mi

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Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt September 24, 2026.