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Home My WebLink AboutBrochure - 2026 SWW- S A T U R D A Y , M A Y 1 7 - Santuit Preserve Beginning time: 8 AM Approximate length/time to complete: 2.5 mi./90 mins. Starting point: Trailhead on Santuit-Newtown Road Rating of terrain and pace: Moderate Directions: Head north off Rte. 28 to Santuit Newtown Rd. About .75 miles on you will pass the Lovell’s Pond boat landing. Trailhead with yellow gate is just beyond on the left. Parking is roadside. Walk leader/contact: Tracy Pratt, tpnine@gmail.com Interesting visual narrative on how the cranberry business has shaped the terrain, harking back to a more pastoral and agrarian Cape Cod. - F R I D A Y , M A Y 1 6 - SPRINGWALKINGWEEKEND The Town of Barnstable’s O P E N S P A C E C O M M I T T E E Invites You To Join F R I D A Y , M A Y 1 5 - S U N D A Y , M A Y 1 7 T H E O S C ’S M I S S I O N The Town Council created the Open Space Committee (formerly the Land Acquisition & Preservation Committee) in 2005. This Committee meets monthly and is charged with recommending parcels of land for acquisition to the Community Preservation Committee (CPC); leveraging in conjunction with the Town Manager and the Town Council, funding other than Community Preservation Act funding, for purchase of land, reviewing conservation restrictions before Town Council approval, keeping the Open Space and Recreation Plan and open space section of the Comprehensive Plan updated and current, and implementing the approved Cape Cod Pathways Plan. Additionally, a member of the Open Space Committee serves as the Town’s representative on the Santuit Management Committee. OSC assists Town departments in the management of the Land Bank lands acquired under the Land Bank Act and its provisions. C O M M I T T E E M E M B E R S Lev Malakhoff - Chair | Farley Lewis - Vice Chair Elissa Crowley | Anne Rowland | Tracy Pratt Doug Payson | Liz Lewis | Cate Gulliver Barry Sheingold - Town Council Liaison P A R T N E R S H I P S & P R O J E C T S Americorps | Cape Cod Commission Barnstable Community Preservation Committee Barnstable Land Trust | Cape Cod Pathways New England Mountain Bike Association - S U N D A Y (C O N T .)- Botany Walk at Eagle Pond Beginning time: 2 PM Approximate length/time to complete: 2 mi./2 hrs. Starting point: Eagle Pond Sanctuary Rating of terrain and pace: Uneven ground, easy pace Directions: Parking area across from 820 Putnam Ave. Walk leader/contact: Vicki LeFevre, 607-725-1816, Ivlef@aol.com A joint walk with the Botanical Club of Cape Cod and the Islands. While hiking a loop through the woods and around the pond, we will point out some of Cape Cod's ecologically important native trees and bushes, and look for spring wildflowers. www.Barnstable.gov/OpenSpaceCommittee Tree Identification Walk at Meetinghouse Farm Beginning time: 2 PM Approximate length/time to complete: 1 mi./1.5 hrs. Starting point: Route 149 to the grass parking area at Meetinghouse Farm, 2135 Meetinghouse Way, West Barnstable Rating of terrain and pace: Fairly level, some small hills; slow to moderate pace Walk leader/contact: Doug Payson, capecodhiker@gmail.com Explore the arboricultural legacy of Fred Conant at this town-owned property managed by an amazing community of gardeners. - S A T U R D A Y , M A Y 1 7 - Santuit Preserve Beginning time: 8 AM Approximate length/time to complete: 2.5 mi./90 mins. Starting point: Trailhead on Santuit-Newtown Road Rating of terrain and pace: Moderate Directions: Head north off Rte. 28 to Santuit Newtown Rd. About .75 miles on you will pass the Lovell’s Pond boat landing. Trailhead with yellow gate is just beyond on the left. Parking is roadside. Walk leader/contact: Tracy Pratt, tpnine@gmail.com Interesting visual narrative on how the cranberry business has shaped the terrain, harking back to a more pastoral and agrarian Cape Cod. - F R I D A Y , M A Y 1 6 - - F R I D A Y , M A Y 1 5 - Birding with BLT Beginning time: 7:30 AM Approximate length: .25 mi. Starting point: Pogorelc Sanctuary, BLT Conservation Center, 1540 Main Street Celebrate the Town of Barnstable's Spring Walking Weekend and join Barnstable Land Trust with walk leader and ornithology educator, Tommy Burgess, to explore a local birding spot and take in the fresh morning air. This is on an easy trail that is about ¼ mile in length, and will include a number of stops and starts to listen and look for birds. Please bring binoculars. Event will be cancelled in the case of rain or severe weather. Registration is required at blt.org/events, and there is a limit of 10 participants. A New Route to the Beach in Hyannis Beginning time: 10 AM Approximate length/time to complete: 3.6 mi./3 hr. Starting point: JFK Museum (397 Main Street) Walk leader/contact: Doug Payson, capecodhiker@gmail.com Follow the Walkway to the Sea and the sidewalks along Ocean Street to the new multi-use path leading to Kalmus Beach on Lewis Bay in Hyannis. Parking available along Main Street in Hyannis and in the town parking lot behind the JFK Museum. Trayser Trail and Boardwalk in Barnstable Village Beginning time: 9 AM Approximate length/time to complete: 1 mi./1.5 hr. Walk Leader and Contact Info: Doug Payson, capecodhiker@gmail.com Traverse through different environments on this section of the Red Trail in Barnstable Village. Park in the town lot to the left of the Coast Guard Heritage Museum at 3353 Main Street in Barnstable Village, across Route 6A from the Barnstable Unitarian Church. - S A T U R D A Y , M A Y 1 6 - Geocaching at Coombs Bog Beginning time: 10 AM Approximate length/time to complete: 1.5 mi./1.5 hr. Starting point: Old Stage Road Parking Lot Rating of terrain and pace: Moderate Directions: Parking lot access adjacent to 505 Old Stage Road, Centerville 02632 Walk leader/contact: Katrina Malakhoff, kmalakhoff@gmail.com Come learn about a fascinating activity with geocaching aficionado Katrina Malakhoff. There are almost 200 caches on Cape Cod including 3 hidden at Barnstable Land Trust's Coombs Bog. Katrina will explain how geocaching works and guide a walk to the bog to make some discoveries! - S A T U R D A Y (C O N T .)- Crooked Cartway Beginning time: 2 PM Approximate length/time to complete: 3 mi./2 hrs. Starting point: Parking area at end of Crooked Cartway Rating of terrain and pace: Flat/relaxed Directions: Take Route 149 (south from Rte 6, North from Rte 28) to rotary at Marstons Mills airport, west on Race Lane for 1.1 miles. Right onto Crooked Cartway. Go to end. Parking area in front of gate. Walk leader/contact: Farley Lewis, farlewis@gmail.com Wooded walk to the Walker Point Observation Deck. Nice open views to the south. Will travel trails that were previously used as cartways. Now these paths are part of a large network of walking/multiuse trails maintained by the Town of Barnstable. - S U N D A Y , M A Y 1 7 - Lumbert Pond Ramble Beginning time: 10 AM Approximate length/time to complete: 1.5 mi./1.5 hr. Starting point: Lumbert Pond Conservation Area Parking Lot Rating of terrain and pace: Moderate Walk leader/contact: Lev Malakhoff capedcod@gmail.com Join pathways' enthusiast Lev Malakhoff on a ramble along the piney trails of the Lumbert Pond Conservation Area. We'll visit the forest and viewpoints along the pond. Exploring Fuller Farm Beginning time: 10 AM Starting point: The Michael R. Kramer Center at Fuller Farm, 995 Route 149, Marstons Mills Celebrate Barnstable's Spring Walking Weekend by joining BLT's Director of Land Stewardship, Kelly Barber, as you explore BLT's Fuller Farm in Marstons Mills. The trail is a combination of a short woodland loop overlooking cranberry bogs, an open meadow trail, and a new Holly Loop Trail through the Wheeler Holly Preserve. Pre- registration is required at blt.org/events.