Falmouth hosts seven wonderful conservation lands accessible to people with disabilities. Below you can read about the parcels’ accessible features, learn more about the land and download trail maps.
Two Ponds Conservation Area
A short, wide, hard-surfaced trail leads to a wheelchair accessible boardwalk overlooking Jones Pond and a rare Atlantic White cedar swamp. Keeping left at the initial trail fork takes visitors to a picnic table that wheelchairs can pull up to. The parking area is accessed by entering the Atria Woodbriar assisted living facility at 389 Gifford Street and turning left down to the designated trailhead parking, which includes a reserved
accessible space. Proceed down to the kiosk and trail. Download a trail map and learn more about the history and geography of the Two Ponds Conservation Area.
Teaticket Park
Teaticket Park is located at 205 Teaticket Highway, in the heart of Teaticket Village, Falmouth’s most heavily developed commercial corridor. The 11-acre site, once a driving range, was purchased by The 300 Committee and restored into native meadows and wetlands, with a community park streetscape. The paved parking lot includes designated accessible parking spaces. The first segment of the park's trails are flat and wide, with a hard, crushed-stone surface suited to easy strolling and wheelchair navigation. Download a trail map and learn more about the history and geography of Teaticket Park.
Teaticket Park
Teaticket Park is located at 205 Teaticket Highway, in the heart of Teaticket Village, Falmouth’s most heavily developed commercial corridor. The 11-acre site, once a driving range, was purchased by The 300 Committee and restored into native meadows and wetlands, with a community park streetscape. The paved parking lot includes designated accessible parking spaces. The first segment of the park's trails are flat and wide, with a hard, crushed-stone surface suited to easy strolling and wheelchair navigation. Download a trail map and learn more about the history and geography of Teaticket Park.
Lower Coonamessett River
An aerial overlook accessible to persons in wheelchairs provides stunning views of the Coonamessett River Valley. From there, a switchback trail gently graded to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards takes visitors down to a network of wide flat trails encircling the river, of which seventh-tenths of a mile are wheelchair-accessible, and includes two boardwalk river crossings, also wheelchair-accessible. The packed-dirt parking lot at 100 John Parker Road includes designated accessible parking spaces. Download a trail map and learn more about the history and geography of the Lower Coonamessett River.
Bartolomei Conservation Area
For the first several hundred yards, this property’s pondside trail is wide, flat and wheelchair-accessible. This portion of the trail also includes a guide rope for blind or low-vision persons and is a good spot to listen for birds. A picnic table at the start of the trail is designed to include persons in wheelchairs. The parking lot at 667 Sandwich Road is marked with an engraved stone and a hiking sign and includes designated accessible parking spots. Download a trail map and learn about the history and geography of the Bartolomei Conservation Area.
Daniel & Carmela Bartolomei Conservation Area
For the first several hundred yards, this property’s pondside trail is wide, flat and wheelchair-accessible. This portion of the trail also includes a guide rope for blind or low-vision persons and is a good spot to listen for birds. A picnic table at the start of the trail is designed to include persons in wheelchairs. The parking lot at 667 Sandwich Road is marked with an engraved stone and a hiking sign and includes designated accessible parking spots. Download a trail map and learn about the history and geography of the Bartolomei Conservation Area.
Upper Coonamessett River
After a year-long restoration effort, the Upper Coonamessett conservation area reopened to the public in the summer of 2025. The parking area at 170 Hatchville Road includes a paved accessible parking spot large enough to accommodate a van. A one-mile ADA-accessible path with three river bridges encircles the restored wetlands, which host abundant wildlife and native plants. Numerous interpretive signs celebrate the Wampanoag people’s past and present relationship with the river. Download a trail map.
Little Pond Conservation Area
An all-abilities pathway loops for a quarter mile through swaths of pond-side woodland and restored meadowlands planted with native grasses and shrubs. This 9-acre site used to be a dumping ground, but is now replete with color wildflowers that are especially beautiful in the fall. The Little Pond parking area does not yet have a street address. It is located on Spring Bars Road just east of Little Pond Place apartments (41 Spring Bars Road) and features accessible parking spaces. Learn more about the history and geography of the Little Pond Conservation Area. Trail map forthcoming.
Little Pond Conservation Area
An all-abilities pathway loops for a quarter mile through swaths of pond-side woodland and restored meadowlands planted with native grasses and shrubs. This 9-acre site used to be a dumping ground, but is now replete with color wildflowers that are especially beautiful in the fall. The Little Pond parking area does not yet have a street address. It is located on Spring Bars Road just east of Little Pond Place apartments (41 Spring Bars Road) and features accessible parking spaces. Learn more about the history and geography of the Little Pond Conservation Area. Trail map forthcoming.
Shiverick's Pond Park
This half-acre park in the heart of downtown Falmouth features accessible pathways and a pond lookout platform that meets ADA standards and is a great fishing spot for persons of all abilities. Previously a tangle of invasive species, the town undertook a complete overhaul of the neglected plot, which now hosts native trees, pollinator plants and an accessible picnic table. The park is located several hundred yards west of Katharine Lee Bates Road’s intersection with Post Office Road. Municipal parking is across the street. Learn more about the history and geography of Shivericks Pond Park. Trail map forthcoming.