Directions:
At the second stoplight in Eastham, turn right off Route 6 (look for brown and white Visitor Center sign).

Safety:
Observe posted speed limits (this section of road can be congested at times). Do not unload at Visitor Center main walkway use designated parking spaces.

Other:
Restrooms available year round.

Note For Educators:
The Salt Pond, Nauset Marsh, and Buttonbush Trails are adjacent to the Visitor Center. Plan on one to 1 1/2 hours to walk them. The outdoor amphitheater is a good spot for lunch (please recycle and securely bag all trash).

The Nauset Marsh Trail is a 1/2 mile loop trail that skirts the edge of Salt Pond and Nauset Marsh and returns through transitional forests and fields (once a golf links and previously farmed land). The trail starts directly below the Salt Pond Visitor Center. The area is well suited of studies for salt marsh ecosystem and upland plant succession. The area is also excellent for bird watching.

The Buttonbush Trail is a multi-sensory 1/4 mile loop trail which highlights nonvisual features. It provides a guide rope and text panels in Braille and large lettering. Groups often have students wear blindfolds (made of strips of cloth) while walking the trail. A teacher (or non blindfolded student) then reads the text. Students often remark that is is one of the most memorable experiences of their trip.

Salt Pond is a forty-foot deep glacial kettle hole that has been breached by the sea, hence it is a tidal saltwater body. The margins of the pond offer a broad and stable wrack line that it is easy to walk on and allows for close-up observation of salt marsh grasses, flats and edge communities.

Salt Pond Visitor Center offers a variety of natural history educational resources. The Park's main orientation film, The Sands of Time, on the geological formation of Cape Cod is shown regularly. A touch box with shells and other natural items of interest are located in the hallway, and the main museum hosts a variety of exhibits on Cape Cod natural resources. On occasion, topical educational video tapes are shown on the TV monitor in the Visitor Center lobby.

Nauset, the name of the local Wampanoag natives, was the first place name selected by the English settlers who came here from Plymouth in 1644. The town's name was later changed to Eastham, but many reminders of the original namesake remain.