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The bike trail system at Nickerson State Park in Brewster is extensive.
A descriptive guide to the park trails is available at the Park Store, about one
mile down the park road, on the left.
The Park is named for Roland Nickerson,
born in Brewster and enriched by the railroads in the West. Upon
returning to Brewster, Nickerson built the sumptuous buildings now owned
by Ocean Edge, as his "summer place", and kept the land across the road
as his "park". In the 1930's his widow donated the land to the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, creating a bit of "wildness forever" on Cape Cod.
While it is a busy spot now in the summer, there are many places to
be treasured by those who seek them - quiet spruce stands, stately
White Pines (on the Ober Trail), an old cedar swamp, and peaceful and
relaxing ponds. The park offers restroom facilities, picinic grounds,
frewsh-water swimming, and camping, thought it is not very easy to get
a campsite in the summer.
Bicycling in the Park is difficult in some spots, and it is all at least
moderate in difficulty as there are several steep hills and many smaller
ones. Beginners, though, can choose a shorter route and still see the
quiet beauty of Cape Cod's woodlands. In all there are almost ten miles
of trails at Nickerson.
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