Wellfleet Adult Community Center at Mass Audubon

Some of the nicest views on the sanctuary can be seen from Try Island. Try Island supports an oak/hickory woodland, a habitat found nowhere else on the property and in very few places on Cape Cod. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, during the days of whaling, there may have been a tryworks located on the island, hence the name. A tryworks consisted of a cast-iron cauldron, placed over a fire, in which whale blubber was boiled down into oil.

Join us for this group walk from the Sanctuary Center to Try Island. It's about 1 mile round trip and we can expect a moderate to intermediate walk, with some soft sand and some salt marsh mud. Tide will be low. Please bring water, wear sunblock and bug spray and comfortable walking shoes.

Cost is $5.00 for Seniors, Free for Mass Audubon Members