City: Sagamore Beach, MA

Category: Accommodations

Telephone: (508) 888-0859, (877) 422-6762

Address: 140 Scusset Beach Rd.

Description: A few hundred yards from a sandy Cape Cod Bay beach, Scusset Beach State Reservation offers walking trails and immediate access to the Cape Cod Canal bike path. Deer, foxes, upland game birds, and rabbits make their homes in the 330-acre preserve. Fishing enthusiasts can cast their lines from a stone jetty at the end of the canal or from the banks of the canal, and there’s also a wheelchair-accessible fishing pier. Scusset has 98 campsites, most in the open, including several wheelchair-accessible sites. Freshwater and dumping stations are nearby. The campground is open year-round; however, after Columbus Day the water is turned off in the public facilities, and only self-contained vehicles are permitted until mid-Apr. The seasonal nightly rate is $15 for Massachusetts residents, $17 for out-of-staters. Large groups or clubs with self-contained RVs might be interested in reserving the spacious open field with grills and tables. Stays are limited to no more than two weeks between Memorial Day and Labor Day, and reservations are required.