Buzzards Bay Recreation Area — Local services in Bourne

The Cape Cod Canal, 17.5 miles (28 km) long, cuts across the base of the peninsula, separating it from the mainland; it shortens the shipping distance between New York City and Boston by more than 75 miles (120 km).

It’s a nice walking and biking trail along the canal. Enough parking and good happy people all around. Good spot for a leisure family outing or picnic. Many picnic tables, restrooms and nearby camping areas.

We started from the rail road bridge and it was nice to learn about the bridge architectural design.

Did I mention about the kids play area? Yeah that’s a good place. Still closed due to pandemic. Kids missed that. However Rickie J. Teller recreation area after a mile of walk near the bridge was a consolation. It offered had jumping pillows, mini golf etc.

Take a look at The fisherman’s statue - local fishing legend Stan Gibbs.

Update - 5/28/2022 - Returned back next year with my 7yo son who enjoyed biking. We had a small picnic and then went for route 6a scenic drive. Also, learnt a little about the canal while we visited the nearby city's Sandwich...

This is a nice recreation area. I went here while visiting Cape Cod and was satisfied with this experience. I visited the large lift bridge near the Buzzards Bay train station. This bridge is quite large and was built so trains could pass over a river without impeding ship traffic. Next to the bridge is a nice, small park with some informational signs about the bridge. One unique thing about the bridge is that the operating rooms on top of it to raise or lower the bridge have pointed roofs that make them look like small castles. I gave this recreation area five stars because they have a very nice lifting railway bridge and riverside...

Go here for great parking to what I'd say is one of the best places to walk, bike, fish, pokemon go, sight see or run in the area. Bath rooms first of all are really well maintained, there Is a train station and great access to the "bike path" that spans the distance from the train bridge all the way to the other end of the canal.

~for PoGo players has 2 pokemon go gyms in park and 3 stops; you can see about four more stops and at least 3 more gyms in addition to the two on site. In water weather you can walk the canals distance to hatch eggs with gyms to stop at...