Hike Barnstable Returns For 2025

BARNSTABLE, MA — The Barnstable Land Trust is set to help the public celebrate Great Outdoors Month with the return of Hike Barnstable programs starting in June.

With support from Cape Cod Healthcare, program highlights include a lady slipper walk, a “tech and trail hike”, author talks, a Thoreau Community Readathon, several volunteer days, a beach clean-up, a solstice labyrinth walk, a Nordic walking clinic, a bog restoration program and a day of field games and geocaching to celebrate the end of the school year, officials said. For more details about the June calendar, check out the Hike Barnstable page here.

New for 2025, kids and adults can join the Hike Barnstable Hiking Challenge. Simply hike 5, 10 or 20 miles during the month to be eligible for special certificates, gifts and giveaways. Click here to download the Hike Challenge form.

Below is a calendar of events:

• Sunday, June 1, 9:30 a.m., Eagle Pond: AMC Hike and AllTrails App Intro
• Tuesday, June 3, 5:30 p.m., Sturgis Library: Author Talk – The Book of Flaco
• Wednesday, June 4, 8 a.m., BLT Conservation Center: Volunteer Weeding Wednesdays
• Friday, June 6, 8 a.m., Michael R. Kramer Center at Fuller Farm: Volunteer Fridays @ Fuller Farm
• Saturday, June 7, 10 a.m., Crocker Neck: Lady Slipper Hunt with Gil Newton
• Sunday, June 8, 1 p.m., Michael R. Kramer Center at Fuller Farm: Thoreau’s Walking/Carson’s Sense of Wonder Community Reading Event
• Tuesday, June 10, 6:30 p.m., Michael R. Kramer Center at Fuller Farm: CCH’s Summer Evening Series – Nordic Walking for Your Health

• Thursday, June 12 10 a.m., Sandy Neck Beach: Terrapin Hike
• Saturday, June 14, 7 a.m., Oregon Beach, Cotuit: Beach Clean-up
• Wednesday, June 18, 10 a.m., Sandy Neck Beach: Piping Plovers
• Friday, June 20, 6 p.m., Meetinghouse Farm: Summer Solstice Labyrinth Walk
• Saturday, June 21, 11 a.m., Osterville Village Library: Salt Marshes with Gil Newton
• Saturday, June 21, 3 p.m., Lowell Park/Cotuit: BLT Day at the Ballpark
• Monday, June 23, 10 a.m., Marstons Mills: Bog Restoration Walk
• Tuesday, June 24, 10 a.m., Sandy Neck Beach: Summer Flora Fauna Walk
• Tuesday, June 24, 2 p.m., Ropes Field: Field Games Summer Kick-off w/Cotuit Library and friends
• Saturday, June 28, 10 a.m., Osterville Village Library: A Young Persons Guide to the Beach with Gil Newton