Cape Cod National Seashore · Massachusetts

Buttonbush

0.3 mi of trail, end to end · Hike the Buttonbush Trail: 0.3 mi loop in the Service's write-up · about 10 ft of climbing · 15 ft–40 ft · hiking

30 ft 26 ft · 0.3 mi high 40 ft

Trailheads Buttonbush Trail 26 ft Drive there · Nauset Marsh Trail 20 ft Drive there

Hike the Buttonbush Trail 0.3 mi loop · the Park Service's write-up

10-20 Minutes · no dogs

Start Behind the Salt Pond Visitor Center

Posts with rope along wooded trail.
Entrance to the Buttonbush Trail at the Salt Pond Visitor Center. Photo: NPS Photo

Find your trail to explore at Cape Cod National Seashore! One of eleven trails in the park is the Buttonbrush trail, a 0.3-mile loop trail that begins at the Salt Pond Visitor Center. This accesible loop trail includes interactive features great for kids, and involves all the senses as it winds through forest, crosses over the Buttonbush Pond on a boardwalk bridge, and traverses formerly cultivated areas.

The trail is rated as easy. It has solid surface, some sections of boardwalk, and a rope along the length of the trail to guide blind visitors. Pets are not allowed on any of the hiking trails in the park.

Pets Pets are not allowed on any of the Seashore's walking trails. Pets are allowed seasonally on bike paths, seasonally on beaches, and year round on fire roads. Please call 508-255-3421 for more information.

Accessibility The trail is rated as easy. There are some log steps on the second half of the trail with a slight slope. There are restrooms at visitor center. Contact the visitor center with any accessiblity questions, 508-255-3421.

This hike on nps.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.