South Cape Beach State Park is a coastal reserve located in Mashpee renowned for its sandy beaches, dunes, and picturesque landscapes. Stretching along Nantucket Sound, the park offers visitors an area for swimming, sunbathing, picnicking, and wildlife observation. Visitors can explore the park's trails, which wind through coastal forests, marshlands, and dunes, providing opportunities for hiking, birdwatching, and photography. The park has amenities including restrooms, picnic areas, and a visitor center, offering educational exhibits on the local ecology and history. 

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is located on the south shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and contains open waters, salt, and fresh marshes, barrier beaches, sand dunes, rivers, mixed pine and oak forests, and sandplain grasslands. Waquoit Bay, approximately 825 acres, is the dominant water feature and once supported one of the most diverse estuarine fish communities in the state. Waquoit Bay is still important to commercial and recreational shellfish and finfish fisheries.