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Cape Cod National Seashore Fees
Beach entrance fees Daily vehicle - $15 Motorcycles - $5 Pedestrians, bicyclists - $3 Cape Cod National Seashore annual pass - $45 Beach entrance fees are collected from late June through early September when lifeguards are on duty, and on weekends/holidays from Memorial Day to the end of September. $15 is the daily vehicle fee, $3 for pedestrians and bicyclists, and $5 for motorcycles. $45 purchases a pass good for a calendar year fee season. Cape Cod National Seashore passes are usually available at visitor centers starting Memorial Day, and at fee booths when they are open. The Interagency Annual pass ($80) may be purchased at Salt Pond Visitor Center year round, and at Province Lands Visitor Center daily from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Link here to information about the "America the Beautiful" National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass. Passes are not available at the Marconi Headquarters building. Interpretive Fees Some interpretive programs, including canoe trips, surfcasting, and the Beach Apparatus Drill, have fees.
Maine ocean islands provide the only nesting sites for Atlantic puffins in the United States. Eastern Egg Rock in the midcoast region, Seal Island and Matinicus Rock at the mouth of Penobscot Bay, and Machias Seal Island and Petit Manan Island off the downeast coast provide habitat for more than 4,000 puffins each summer.