HSOY Trails

The Tufts Gatehouse features the late 18th century working loom that will be utilized in weaving demonstrations and classes during the summer months.

The secluded Nature Trails maintained by the Historical Society of Old Yarmouth meander through more than 50 acres of woodland splendor. Although the trails are now rich with forest vegetation and botanical specimens, this was not always the case. For on this 50 acres was located the first golf course on Cape Cod! Built in the 1890s as a private course for the Thacher family, the course was used for several decades but then allowed to revert to its natural state.

If you look closely, you can still catch a glimpse of the golf course landscape. Today, the gentle trail wanders toward Miller's Pond and through acres of Cape Cod's natural beauty.

NATURE TRAIL HOURS
Open daily year round dawn to dusk. Spring and Fall trail walks with Ian Ives, a naturalist from the Audubon Society at Long Pasture are planned.

ADMISSION
A donation of 50 cents is requested to walk the trails.

DIRECTIONS
Take Route 6A to exit 7. Right on Willow Street to Route 6A. Right on 6A approximately two miles. Entrance to Nature Trails is located just before you get to the Yarmouth Port Post Office. Kelley Chapel is reached by walking down the entrance of the trails approximately 100 yards. (From Route 28, take Willow Street, West Yarmouth Road, or Station Avenue to get to Route 6A.)