Salt Pond Visitor Center in Cape Cod National Park

Salt Pond Visitor Center

The main visitor facility offering breathtaking views of Nauset Marsh.

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Salt Pond Visitor Center Details

Salt Pond Visitor Center is Cape Cod National Seashore's main visitor facility, with frequent orientation movies, a well-stocked bookstore, a comprehensive museum, and restroom facilities. The indoor theatre routinely shows five short films daily on a rotating schedule. Offering breathtaking views of Nauset Marsh and the Atlantic beyond, this Visitor Center is also convenient to the popular 1.5-mile Nauset Marsh Trail and the Buttonbush Trail, a .25-mile multi-sensory trail that featuring a guide rope and text panels printed in large lettering and Braille. The Nauset Bicycle Trail also is nearby. Salt Pond Visitor Center is located at the corner of Nauset Road and Route 6 in Eastham. Hours: daily 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (increased hours during the summer). Phone: (508) 255-3421.

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Nearby Points of Interest Around Salt Pond Visitor Center

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Salt Pond Visitor Center

The best restrooms in the park and open year-round.

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Nauset Trail

A 1.6 mile paved (though relatively narrow) walking and biking trail.

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Nauset Marsh Trail

Passes through a recovering forest along the edge of Nauset Marsh and Salt Pond before looping back.

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Buttonbush Trail

Specially designed for vision-impaired visitors.

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Doanne Rock

A 18-foot-high rock or "glacial erratic".