Page 18 - Eastham Guidebook 2019

TO THE BEACH
Eastham’s ocean beaches, Coast Guard Beach and Nauset Light Beach are managed by the Cape Cod National Seashore—a part of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. All National Seashore Beaches include showers, paved parking, restrooms, changing rooms, drinking water, water quality testing and lifeguards (June through Labor Day). Coast Guard Beach is accessible to persons with disabilities and has wheelchairs capable of traveling over sand.
Fees are collected from late June through early September when lifeguards are on duty, and on weekends/holidays from Memorial Day to the end of September. There is no fee for active duty military and their dependents with proper ID, nor for any children under the age of 16.
• Daily Vehicle $20.00 • Motorcycles $10.00 • Pedestrians, Bicyclists $3
• Cape Cod National Seashore Season Pass $60.00
• Interagency Pass (accepted at any National Park and Dept of Interior sites) $80.00
• Interagency Senior Pass (allows entry for those age 62 or older) $80.00 lifetime, $20.00
annually
• Interagency Access Pass (allows entry for those legally blind or permanently disabled) FREE
The parking lot for Coast Guard Beach is at the Little Creek Staging Area, located on Doane Road. The entrance is on the left, just past the entrance to Doane Rock Picnic Area. A shuttle bus to the beach runs continuously throughout the day during the summer months. Surfboards over 22” wide and pets are not allowed on the shuttle.
Questions? Visit their website at www.nps.gov/caco or call the Cape Cod National Seashore Visitor Center at Salt Pond 508-255-3421 or pick up a copy of Park News (available at the Salt Pond Visitor Center).
BAYSIDE BEACHES
(requires a Town of Eastham Sticker)
The bayside beaches are managed by the Town of Eastham. An Eastham Beach sticker offers access to 8 bay beaches, 3 freshwater pond beaches and 1 boat launch onto Nauset marsh.
• Daily Vehicle $20.00
• One Week Visitor Beach Sticker $70.00 • Two Week Visitor Beach Sticker $125.00 • Seasonal Beach Pass $225.00
Fees are collected daily from Saturday, June 22, 2019 through Labor Day from 9am – 4pm.
Daily fees may be paid directly at the following beaches - Cook’s Brook, Campground, First Encounter & Wiley Park. Stickers, during season, may be purchased at the Sticker Of ce,
555 Old Orchard Rd, 508-240-5976
PHOTO BY RICHARD RAHMLOW
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