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Outdoors in North Eastham

Few parks or trails are on the map in North Eastham

The biggest trail networks: Wiley Park (1.3 mi), Sandy Meadow Open Space (0.8 mi). 9% of North Eastham’s land is conserved, about 198 acres. 165 acres are parks and preserves, 79 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
9%
198 acres · of 3.4 sq mi of land
Trails
4.5 mi
1.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
165 ac
79 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
64%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
12 beaches

What kind of outdoors town is North Eastham?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

A beach town7 named beaches on the map.
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Wiley Park, with 1.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Wiley Park

Park
47 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto Bridge Pond Trailhead Parking

Sandy Meadow Open Space

Nature preserve
46 acres0.8 mi of trail
Sandy Meadow Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto Sandy Meadow Trailhead parking

Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

Managed by Mass Audubon
51 acres
Dogs usually not allowed
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

North Sunken Meadow

Nature preserve
40 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 7 parks & preserves
Wiley Park47 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Directions
Sandy Meadow Open Space46 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Directions
Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary51 acres · Mass Audubon
Directions
North Sunken Meadow40 acres
Mill Field6 acres
Cooks Brook Beach3 acres
Directions
Herring Brook Road Site1 acres
Directions
Who protects it

198 conserved acres

9% of North Eastham’s land. Water is left out: North Eastham has 3.4 square miles of land and 8.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages North Eastham’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city47 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits37 ac
Not recorded130 ac
State Conservation Area · 122 acLocal Park · 47 acConservation Easement · 37 acLocal Other or Unknown · 6 acPrivate Conservation · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 19 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 28 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Wiley Park
Local Park
Town or city47Open
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
State Conservation Area
Not recorded46Open
North Sunken Meadow
State Conservation Area
Not recorded32Unknown
Mill Field
State Conservation Area
Not recorded23Open
First Encounter Beach
State Conservation Area
Not recorded12Open
North Sunken Meadow Conservation Area
State Conservation Area
Not recorded6Open
Cooks Brook Beach
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded3Open
First Encounter Site
State Conservation Area
Not recorded2Open
Thumpertown Beach
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded1Open
Thumpertown Beach Town Landing
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded1Open

4 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

14 places to go in North Eastham

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Beaches in North Eastham
Campground Beach
Directions
Cooks Brook BeachIn Cooks Brook Beach
Directions
Cooks Brook Beach
Directions
Herring Brook Beach
Directions
Sunken Meadow Beach
Directions
Thumpertown Beach
Directions
Wiley Park BeachIn Wiley Park
Directions

Plus 5 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 named trail and 2 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.2 miUnpaved · 2.4 mi
Sandy Meadow Loop0.6 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Great PondpondKrogman's Pondpond
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
2Tennis
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in North Eastham: May to September

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.510.511.813.314.515.214.913.812.411.09.89.1
High (°F)393944536271787771615244
Rain (in)4.03.34.24.23.13.42.43.43.84.54.14.8

July is the driest month (2.4 in) and the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 4.8 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in North Eastham →

Next door

North Eastham and its neighbors

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Wellfleet98 miEastham28 miNorth Eastham4.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
North Eastham— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Eastham36%2.047581%A+
Wellfleet60%5.01,26299%+A+

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in North Eastham

Where can I hike in North Eastham?

The longest trail networks: Wiley Park, 1.3 miles; Sandy Meadow Open Space, 0.8 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

Are dogs allowed on North Eastham’s trails?

Wiley Park and Sandy Meadow Open Space don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near North Eastham?

22,254 acres of parks and open public land lie inside North Eastham or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 165 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from North Eastham neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →