Day After Thanksgiving Hike

About the Hike:

• Led by Phillip Wolf and Carol Hutzelman
• Meet at the N. Pamet Rd. Beach/hiking parking area at noon. Parking is just before the NEED Academy (former hostel) on the right hand side of the road. 
• About 4 miles long with ample rest stops
• Will trek through the National Seashore woods and gaze at the ocean atop the highest dune on the Atlantic. 
• Visit Sheldon Ball’s* gravestone [Ballston namesake]
• Bring water and a snack
• Recommend good hiking shoes
• Complimentary hot toddy served at the end!

*A businessman from New York by the name of Sheldon W. Ball bought a thousand acres of ocean-front land in 1889. Imagine that! – 1000 acres of prime Cape Cod shoreline! It encompassed nearly a mile of ocean front land, stretching from Ballston Beach north to Higgins Hollow. At the present site of what is now a town beach, Ball built the “Balls’ Town Bungalows Colony” a resort complex containing at least a dozen buildings. These included a club house, a dining hall, a bowling alley, a number of so-called ‘primitive’ cottages, and a nine-hole golf course known as the “Pamet River Golf Club" that stretched along both sides of the river.