Sandwich Boardwalk

Sandwich Boardwalk Review

For a view of the bay, you can walk to Town Neck Beach on the Sandwich Boardwalk, built over a salt marsh, creek, and low dunes. After Hurricane Bob destroyed the previous boardwalk in 1991, locals donated planks to rebuild it. Some are inscribed with a donor's name; others have jokes ("get off our board") and words of widsom ("simplify/thoreau"). The long sweep of Cape Cod Bay stretches out around the beach at the end of the walk, where a platform provides fine views, especially at sunset. You can look out toward Sandy Neck, Wellfleet, and Provincetown or toward the white cliffs beyond Sagamore. Near this mostly rocky beach are dunes covered with rugosa roses, which have a delicious fragrance; this is a good place for birding. The creeks running through the salt marsh make for great canoeing. From the town center it's about a mile to the boardwalk; cross Route 6A on Jarves Street, and at its end turn left, then right, and continue to the boardwalk parking lot.