A decade ago, I stood on the muddy banks of the Great Marsh, a salt marsh an hour north ... the Atlantic that extends approximately from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to Nova Scotia, Canada.

With more than 7,600 acres of protected dunes, salt and freshwater marshes and a decommissioned lighthouse, the gorgeous Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge will make you feel like a trailblazer.

Previously known as the Old Colony Railroad corridor, the Cape Cod Rail Trail is considered ... With more than 7,600 acres of protected dunes, salt and freshwater marshes and a decommissioned ...

The over 500 miles of pristine beaches that line the shores of Cape Cod, a peninsula that extends from southeastern Massachusetts ... trails through woodlands, salt marshes and beaches.

Massachusetts ... of Cape Cod Bay, the town of Wellfleet offers multiple options for visiting birders, with the coastal Great Island Trail offering pitch-pine forests and pockets of salt marsh ...