Fort Hill Trail, Cape Cod

Rich History and Natural Grace

Short but diverse in beauty

Three sections:

1. Red Maple Swamp Trail

2. Skiff Hill

3. Fort Hill Overlook

1. Red Maple Swamp

• The natural salt hay and red maple endemic is what attracted settlers here from Plymouth Rock in the 17th

century

• Hay fed their cattle and roofed their homes

2. Skiff Hill

• Runs alongside Nauset Marsh

• Streams, grassland, and the Atlantic

Ocean come together

• Diverse animal life: sea otters, seals,

birds

3. Fort Hill Overlook

• Barrier island in the distance

• Historic Edward Penniman house- a

French style manor.

• Edward Penniman because a whaler,

harvesting whale oil, ivory, and

spermaceti

Caleb Slotnick

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