First thing to know about this park is you cannot get to it except by foot, bike, or horseback. It’s about 3.3 miles on gravel to the park from Back Bay. An additional 1.2 miles to the visitor’s center.
We happened to go to the Visitor’s Center when they were doing a fundraiser where they were handing out free hot dogs, watermelon, brownies, and drinks which really hit the spot! The visitor’s center also has a bunch of information about the park, maps, and sites to see, nice clean restrooms, and a place to refill water bottles (although to be honest the water tasted a bit strange).
Within False Cape is the old abandoned community of Wash Woods. It’s about 3-4 miles on gravel to the community from the entrance of False Cape. The old church steeple is now enclosed within a little building I’m assuming to help preserve it. This is a great thing, but at the same time it is now very hard to see because of the glare on the glass. And the glass doors cannot be opened. The cemetery is a nice place as well. I love the seashells in front of the graves. Be careful there because we found a black widow! It was very underwhelming after I waited 4 years to see it, but it was still a nice place to visit and learn about.
We also went to False Cape Landing. The beach was about 0.7 miles from the main trail. There are restrooms and campsites along the trail to the beach. We had the entire beach to ourselves! It was beautiful and the water was nice. I’m sure I would’ve been able to find some nice seashells if I had walked along the beach but we chose not to. There were a lot of horseshoe crabs too!
The total trip I think was about 14 miles entirely on gravel. It took about an hour and a half to get from False Cape Landing back to Back Bay. The gravel made the biking significantly harder. I’m not in good shape so I’m sure that’s part of it, but keep that in mind travel time when going here.