The outer beach, especially at The Galls and Great Point, offers excellent surf fishing for stripers and blues. Picnicking, fishing and nature study are the best ways to enjoy the Refuge. Thirty miles of oversand-vehicle trails provide access to the property, which is open to oversand vehicles under stringently enforced rules and by permit only. To minimize the impact on fragile dune and marsh areas and to protect wildlife, visitors must keep their vehicles on designated roadways, which sometimes run through very soft sand. Maps, further information and an air pump are available at the Wauwinet gatehouse, which is staffed in late spring, summer and early fall.
Pedestrians are welcome to enjoy the one-mile hike to the beach.
The Refuge is accessible only by foot or by oversand vbehicles beyond the gatehouse. No pedestrian fee. From Nantucket rotary, take Polpis Road, follow for 6 mi. Left on Wauwinet Road, continue to end to gatehouse.