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Cape In A Day  
by rick.f.martin

The way points of this bicycle route:

Use hotel restroom to freshen up. Take group photo before leaving.

Turn right onto Harbor Street

Turn right onto DryDock Ave

Turn left onto Summer Street, cross bridge. Summert St becomes L Street. Follow to end.

Turn right onto Blvd

Bear right and enter the rotary. Don't be timid, go with the flow

Rotary - be safe

Bear right over RR tracks

Left hand turn, get over at lights

Dorchester

At lights get in left lane for turn onto Dorchester Ave. Stay on this all the way into Milton.

Rough road, busy traffic, ride slow, stop at lights

Milton

Stay staight, dip down, over the river and up the other side

Cross into Milton

Go right and then quick right onto Randolph Ave. Stay on this through the Blue Hills and under 95/128

Turn going up hill

Nice rolling hills

busy traffic

busy traffic

busy traffic

busy traffic

busy traffic

Randolph

Bear right across onto Route 139, Union Street

Holbrook

Abington

Go right onto Route 58, Plymouth Street

Go left onto South Street

Stay straight, turns into Plymouth Street

Plymouth becomes Oak Street, Cross Route 36

Third left after Route 36. Good place for a P-Stop

Left, still on Oak Street

North Plympton

Left onto 106

Left onto Main Street

Bear left back onto Route 58 for short time

Plympton

Left onto Mayflower Road

Right on Brook Street

Left onto Spring Street

Cross Route 44, I think its an overpass

Left onto Parting Ways Road

Straight onto Plympton Road (Route 80)

Left onto Carver Road

Bear right to stay on Carver Road

Left to Summer St, follow into Plymouth

Plymouth

Right and quick left onto Main Street

Right on Main Street

Left on South Street, climb hill to rest stop!

On left is convience store and Dunkin Donuts. Stop for snack, rest room etc.

Big shopping center has grown here, now is very busy but just for short stretch

Start of nice rolling hills. Keep the pace and you can move along nicely.

Stay straigh to get off of Long Pond onto Hodges Pond Road. If you miss turn you will just hit the canal. Get on trail next to canal up to Sagamore Bridge if you do.

Cross under Route 3

Stay straight through intersection onto State Road parallel to Route 3.

The fun part. Go past Friendlies on your right and get on sidewalk on the Bridge. Ride if you dare. Curb seems to be about 5 ft off the ground and traffic coming at you!

Sandwich

At bottom of bridge go very slow, right turn into Parking lot. Wander thru parking lot without getting hit and turn down driveway onto 6A. Don't you just love a bargain?

Right onto 6A

A few sewer grates oriented the wrong way. Pay attention.

RIght onto Route 130

Sandwich

Quick stop to get water at public spring. Safe to drink, cool, excellent!

Sandwich

Turn left onto Service Road

Sandwich

Left on Service Road.

Brewster

Cross over to stay on Service Road parallel to Route 6.

Left on Meeting House Road (149)

Barnstable

Right onto 6A. Two lane busy road, with no shoulder and irritable drivers but very scenic.

Dennis

Bear right on Setucket Road

The Old Mill, Slow down at bottom of hill, traffic and people crossing street. Seetucket becomes Stony Brook Road.

Brewster

Back onto 6A

Brewster

Look for Subway or other store to get lunch

Left onto Main which becomes Rock Harbor

Orleans

You are on the inside of the elbow of the Cape. Take sharp right to stay on Rock Harbor road.

Orleans

Left on Bridge Road. If you want to ride the Rail Trail up to Wellfleet this is a good place to jump on.

Eastham

Left on Herring Brook Road

Bear left onto Massasoit Road. Take to Route 6

On your right is a real Drive-In Theatre!

If you have time take a left into the Audobon Wildlife Sanctuary for some bird watching.

Wellfleet

Left onto Route 6. Wait for break in traffic. If its not hot, sunny with a headwind then you are not getting the complete experience.

Truro

Take left at lights onto Main Street into Truro downtown.

Right onto Pole Dike Road. Watch out for sand blown onto the road.

Right up Coles Neck Road, a climb up to view of PTown

Left at bottom of hill.

Good stop for refreshment if you are near the edge of bonking.

Truro

Turn left onto Route 6.

Truro

Cross Route 6 - Be careful, onto 6A - Shore Road

Sprint for the PTown town line, if you have anything left

Provincetown

Bear left onto Commercial Street. Busy and narrow, take it slow.

Bear left onto Commercial Street. Go straight to avoid traffic, but miss all the sights.

Busy traffic, narrow streets. Almost there, don't crash into anyone.

Provincetown

Toto - I don't think we're in Kansas. Look around and then buy ticket for ferry back to Boston.

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A scenic route from Boston to Provincetown starting from where the ferry will come in from Ptown. Leave Boston at 6, get to PTown by 3 or 4 for ferry ride back!

Tagged with: Smooth, Difficult, Low traffic, Scenic

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