Crowes Pasture Fast Facts
Dates: Year-round
ORV Visitor Sticker/Pass: $300.00 season
Resident Sticker/Pass: $150.00 season
Off-Season ORV Sticker: $100.00
First come-first served. No guaranteed spot
No cookouts
Pets: with leash in season
Northside Beach: on Cape Cod Bay
The Flats: formed by sandbars, see at low-tide
Shallow: Perfect for families with small children
No lifeguards: at Bay Beaches
Parking spaces: 47 - numerous parking lots
Access: pedestrian trails and ORV trails
What makes Crowes Pasture unique?
Crowes Pasture is a wilderness area that allows off-road vehicles. It offers stunning New England landscapes, forest trails, and long stretches of rocky beaches unlike anything else on Cape Cod. It is not easy to get here, and that is as it should be. If they made it any easier, it would be mobbed. Parts of the beach are protected by large boulders that prevent vehicles from entering certain areas.
The origin of the name is unknown. It is hilarious, however, that the first day we were there, the trees were filled with a cavorting murder of crows playing tag, playing with their prey. We only have a few photos of this Cape Cod treasure because it was dreadfully windy and cold the day we discovered it. We will be back.
The Flats of Brewster and Dennis are formed by a sandbar that makes what I call a shallow swimming pool. Parents can relax and let the little ones splash around in the surf without being overtaken by gigantic waves. Disclaimer: you know you've always got to watch them; you never know what they'll get into. At low tide, the flats become a playground for amateur oceanographers, big, small, young, and old. The array of sea life that one can observe here is magnificent and always changing. You'll find tidal pools, clam beds, oyster farms, seaweed, marsh grass, small collectible stones, huge boulders, and more. The flats also make for dramatic photos at sundown as the tides make for rippled, wavy patterns in the sand that collect water and reflect the amazing colors of the setting sun.
Crowes Pasture Resource Pages
Crowes Pasture Conservation Area Trail Map
Crowes Pasture Photo Gallery
