Tidal Flat Creature Search and Exploration

Low tide on Cape Cod Bay; the water is too low for swimming, but perfect for exploration! Mass Audubon naturalists guide this 1.5 hour, family-friendly expedition to the mud flats of Barnstable Harbor. Search for the predatory moon snail and ancient looking horseshoe crab, hold a jelly-like lug worm egg case and learn how these and other amazing creatures survive the challenging environment of the intertidal zone. Participants should bring sun protection, water, and boots, water shoes, or sneakers they don’t mind getting wet and muddy. Children under 2 are free.

Instructions and Directions:
Directions to Long Pasture: Cross the Sagamore Bridge onto Cape Cod/Route 6 Mid-Cape Highway. Take exit 7. Turn right onto Willow Street. At end take a left onto Route 6A. About one mile take a right onto Bone Hill Road (you will see a large sign for the Harbor Point Restaurant and a smaller sign for Mass Audubon Long Pasture). Follow Bone Hill Road to the end where water is visible. Turn left into Long Pasture driveway (large white Sanctuary sign – 345 Bone Hill Rd.) Parking in the field to your left, and around the circular drive in front of the Visitor Center.

Register by mail: program registration form (PDF 66K)

For your own security, DO NOT send credit card information via email.

For more information, contact:
Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary
345 Bone Hill Road, P.O. Box 235
Cummaquid, MA 02637
longpasture@massaudubon.org