[2] The trail route passes through the towns of Yarmouth, Dennis, Harwich, Brewster, Orleans, Eastham, and Wellfleet.

[5] In July 2020, the state awarded $181,000 for design of Phase 3 of the extension project, which will extend the trail west from Peter Horner Park in Yarmouth to Mary Dunn Road in Barnstable.

Another parking area is located at the trail's intersection with Headwaters Drive, north of Route 6.

The crossing of Route 6 between miles 12 and 13, near exit 89 on the highway, constitutes the trail's only (and brief) on-road section.

It then turns left and leaves West Road heading northeast into downtown Orleans.

The CCRT crosses Main Street just past mile 13; this area in downtown has several bike shops and dining establishments.

It was at this location that a rudimentary canal, Jeremiah's Gutter, had existed in the 1700s, allowing passage from Cape Cod Bay to the Cove area of Orleans.

Locust Road, between miles 16 and 17, is a signed bike route to the Nauset Bicycle Trail (which brings cyclists and pedestrians to Coast Guard Beach) and the Salt Pond Visitor Center, as well as other points in the Cape Cod National Seashore.

Sparse development continues, with the trail ending near mile 22, at Lecount Hollow Road in Wellfleet.

In April 2018, Massachusetts DCR awarded a contract for the design and construction of a 2-mile northern extension of the rail trail from the current terminus at LeCount Hollow Road to Route 6 near turnoff to Wellfleet Center.

Efforts to extend the bike path from the Wellfleet trailhead north to Provincetown have been under discussion for many years.