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Once arrived in Brewster at your vacation rental plan to travel the road to the upper
campgrounds in Nickerson State Park and you may think for a moment that you have been magically transported to
the Berkshire Hills or the piney woods of the Carolinas. Nowhere in sight are the sand dunes and salt marshes
usually associated with Cape Cod. Instead, you are surrounded by woods that slope down to the banks of eight
crystal clear fresh water ponds. Yet, if you walk or bicycle through the woods, you will find no rivers or
streams feeding the ponds. These are “kettle ponds,” among more than 300 formed as glaciers retreated from
the Cape over 10,000 years ago. Completely dependent on groundwater and precipitation, the water level in
the ponds fluctuates from season to season and year to year.
Activities at Nickerson State Park include:
- Picnicking
- Canoeing
- Swimming
- Fishing
- Biking
- Hiking
Nickerson's 1900 acres offers more than 420 campsites, including yurt camping, an amphitheater, eight miles
of roads, hiking trails, an eight mile bike path that connects to the 25 mile Cape Cod Rail Trail, and ponds
stocked year-round with trout. Cape Cod Bay is within walking or bicycling distance. You can swim and canoe
at Flax Pond; birdwatch or catch-and-release fish at Higgins Pond, or participate in the many seasonal
interpretive and recreational programs offered by park staff.
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