• SO MUCH TO DO ... SO LITTLE TIME ...

   Cape Cod has so many activities it's hard to know where to start! There is truly something for everyone. Check out the following lists for ideas by just clicking on the links. 

KEY            Handicap accessible - check for details (see below for                      National Park information about the "Golden Pass")            Activities suitable for children             Rainy Day & Indoor Activities       Coupon Available (click on button)       FREE Activity             Arts Foundation 2-For-1 Passport Offer (1-866-811-4111)
AIRPLANE RIDES The Barnstable Airport ~ 508-775-2020 or 508-945-2363                 - offers biplane rides or glider tours over the Cape AMUSEMENTS     (Go carts, bumper boats, arcades, etc.)  Buds Go Karts ~ Harwich ~ 9 Sisson Road ~ 508-432-4964 Cartland of Cape Cod - Wareham - Off-Cape     Cartwheels Go Karts ~ South Dennis ~ 11 Gages Way ~ 508-394-6755 Grand Slam Entertainment -   Harwichport ~ 508-430-1155  Ryan Family Centers -     Buzzards Bay, Hyannis,  South Yarmouth  & Oak Bluffs (MV)  Trampoline Center ~ Harwichport ~ 296 Main Street Rte. 28 ~ 508-432-8717 Water Wizz Water Park -   Wareham ~ Off Cape ~ 508-295-3255 (in season), 401-364-2070 (off season)  ANTIQUES Antiques Browsing Antique Shows AQUARIUMS    Woods Hole Science Aquarium      Zooquarium -   674 Route 28, West Yarmouth ~ 508-775-8893        ART & ART GALLERIES Art & Art Galleries BAND CONCERTS Chatham ~        Kate Gould Park on Main Street ~ Fridays, 8 PM, Early July - Early September  Sandwich ~      Thursdays, 8 PM, Early July - August             BEACHES   Cape Cod Beaches    check for details Cape Cod Boardwalks  BOATING (see also "Water Activities" below) Boat Rentals Cat Boats Excursion & Party Boats Yacht Clubs  BOWLING     Buzzards Bay Bowling Falmouth Bowling Hyannis Bowling Orleans Bowling Ryan Family Centers -    Buzzards Bay, Hyannis, South Yarmouth & Oak Bluffs (MV) South Yarmouth Bowling     South Yarmouth                  ENTERTAINMENT INFORMATION Woods Hole Film Festival-   Woods Hole  -  July 26 - August 2, 2008 Cape Cinema -East Dennis Cape Week Entertainment Guide Concerts - General Info Local Music Calendar ENTERTAINTMENT VENUES   Academy of Performing Arts Playhouse -     Orleans                 Cape Cod Melody Tent -  Hyannis Cape Cod Opera -    Cape-wide Cape Cod Theater Project -   Falmouth Cape Cod Symphony-   Yarmouth Port  Cape Codder Resort - Hyannis                   Cape Playhouse -   Dennis Cape Rep Theater -    East Brewster Chatham Chorale -    Chatham Chatham Drama Guild -   Chatham Children's Theater -    Orleans College Light Opera -   Falmouth Four C's Theater at Cape Cod Community College -    Barnstable Harwich Junior Theater -    Harwich                    Monomoy Theatre -   Chatham Payomet Performing Arts Center -    Truro Stages Theater Company -    Orleans                   Theater Workshop of Nantucket - Nantucket Truro Center For The Arts At Castle Hill -    Truro Wellfleet Harbor Actors' Theater -   Wellfleet Woods Hole Theater Company -   Woods Hole    FAIRS & FESTIVAL                      Most of these are outdoors and may be accessible Cape Cod Calendar Of Events (Complete details for list below) -             Brewster In Bloom - Brewster - May 2, 3 & 4, 2008      Strawberry Festival - June 14, 2008  - Orleans       Brewster Arts & Crafts Festival - Brewster - June 21 & 22, 2008                   Brewster Windmill & Bandstand, Route 6A      Barnstable County Fair-  East Falmouth - July 18-26, 2008                  1220 Nathan Ellis Highway, E Falmouth 02536  ~  508-563-3200              Fax: 508-563-5790      Harwich Arts & Crafts Street Festival - Harwich - July 12 & 13, 2008                  Brooks Park, Route 38 & Oak Street, Harwich Center      Falmouth Street Festival - Falmouth - July 9, 2008                  Main Street, Falmouth Village      Orleans Arts & Crafts Show - Orleans - July 19 & 20, July 29 & 30, 2008                  Nauset Middle School, Route 28, Orleans      Woods Hole Film Festival- Woods Hole  -  July 26 - August 2, 2008       Cape Cod Antiques Show -  Orleans - August 3-5, 2007                   Nauset Middle School, 70 Route 28, Orleans        Sandwich Arts & Crafts - Sandwich - August 2 & 3, 2008                  Henry T. Wing School, Route 130, Sandwich        Harwich Arts & Crafts Street Festival - Harwich - August 9 & 10, 2008        Orleans Arts & Crafts Show - Orleans - August 18-19, 2007                  Nauset Middle School, 70 Route 28, Orleans        Brewster Arts & Crafts Festival - Brewster - August 20 & 21, 2008             Brewster Windmill & Bandstand, Route 6A              Bourne Scallop Festival - Buzzards Bay - September 19, 20 & 21, 2008              Buzzards Bay Park, Maint Street, Buzzards Bay at the railroad bridge       Cape Cod Glass Show & Sale - September - Sandwich                   Sandwich Glass Museum, 129 Main Street, Sandwich 508-888-0251        Harwich Cranberry Festival - Harwich - September 13 &14, 2008                  Harwich High School, Oak Street, Harwich Center           Cape Cod Oyster Festival - October - Hyannis        Wellfleet Oysterfest -   Wellfleet  - October  13-14, 2007  FISH PIERS   Bass River Beach Fishing Pier -       Yarmouth Chatham Pier -    Chatham  Parker River Pier -      Yarmouth, off Rte. 28 Schoolhouse Pond -       Brewster Scusset Beach Fishing Pier-      Sandwich  FISHING The what, where and how of Cape Cod salt water fishing Fishing Excursions GOLF & DRIVING RANGES Golf Courses On the Cape                    HORSEBACK RIDING   Horseback Riding

ICE SKATING     Falmouth Ice Arena - Falmouth The Charles Moore Arena  - Orleans Tony Kent Arena - South Dennis ISLAND TRANSPORTATION & INFO  Getting to Martha's Vineyard Hy-line Cruises -    Hyannis Island Queen -    Falmouth Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce Getting To Nantucket Nantucket Chamber of Commerce Nantucket Island Ferry -    Harwichport, Freedom Cruise Lines Steamship Authority -  - Hyannis, Woods Hole LIBRARIES         Cape Cod Libraries Sturgis Library - where they keep lineage records and maps of old cemetery locations            MINIATURE GOLF   Miniature Golf Courses MOVIE THEATERS     Cape Cinema - East Dennis Falmouth Mall Cinema -    Falmouth Harwich 6 -     Harwich Mashpee Cinema -     Mashpee Nickelodeon 5 Cinema -     N. Falmouth Regal Cape Cod Mall -     Hyannis South Dennis 12 -     Dennis                  Wellfleet Cinemas -  Wellfleet ~ Drive-in & Theater MUSEUMS & HISTORICAL SITES       Museums & Historical Buildings

PARKS    Cape Cod National Seashore Park - Eastham Nickerson State Park - Brewster Salt Pond Visitors' Center -   Eastham (in Cape Cod Nat'l Seashore Park) Cape Cod Radio Stations PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED RESOURCES  Access For Disabled Americans Div. of Parks & Rec - Accessible Trails  Cape Cod Resources For The Physically Challenged            RADIO STATIONS SHOPPING Shopping Page SIGHTSEEING TOURS & CRUISES Cape Cod Central Railroad -   Hyannis Cape Cod Canal Cruises -    Onset Hy-line Cruises - Hyannis Lighthouses of the Cape  Ocean Quest -   Woods Hole Pirate Adventures -    Hyannis   Sightseeing Tours & Cruises               SPORTS Cape Cod Baseball League   Cape Cod Women's Soccer League -     4 locations on the Cape - June - early August Falmouth Marathon - Falmouth - October               Falmouth Road Race - Falmouth - August Tennis - South Cape Resort- Mashpee

TOURS   Cape Cod Potato Chip Factory -              Hyannis Marine Biological Laboratory -        Woods Hole  Pairpoint Glassblowing -       Sagamore  Sandwich Fish Hatchery ~       Sandwich ~ Route 6A ~ 508-888-0008    WALKING, HIKING and BIKING   Bike Rentals -   Listed By Town Cape Cod Boardwalks  Cape Cod Rail Trail    Cape Cod Trails Conference Cape Cod Walking Trails    Cedar Tree Neck Wildlife Sanctuary -    Martha's Vineyard Crocker Neck Conservation Trail - Barnstable Fulling Brook Reserve -   Martha's Vineyard Great Island Trail - Wellfleet Hiking & Biking Trails - Insiders' Guide Sanford Farms, Ram Pasture and Woods Trail - Nantucket Trail at Tupancy Links - Nantucket Waquoit Bay Reserve -   Falmouth WATER ACTIVITIES (See also "Fishing" above) Boat Rentals Boating & Sailing Instruction Diving & Snorkelling Excursion & Party Boats Kayaking Parasailing Sailboarding Water Wizz Water Park -   Wareham - Off Cape Windsurfing

WHALE WATCH   Whale watching Cape Cod Whale Watch -    Provincetown Whales -     Hyannis  WILDLIFE & ANIMALS   Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary - East Falmouth Bassett Wild Animal Farm  - Brewster - 620 Tubman Road ~ 508-896-3224 Birdwatching Cape Cod Boardwalks   some accessible  Cedar Tree Neck Wildlife Sanctuary - Martha's Vineyard               Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Park - Nantucket  Green Briar Nature Center - Sandwich  Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge - Mashpee Monomoy Island Seal Excursions - Chatham Ocean Quest Oceanography Cruises - Woods Hole Salt Pond Visitors' Center  -  Eastham Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary  -  Wellfleet       WINERIES       Check for hours and tastings Cape Cod Winery -    Falmouth  - 508-457-5592 Chicama Vineyards -     West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard - 508-693-0309 Nantucket Vineyard -     Nantucket - 508-325-5929 - By Appointment Truro Vineyards of Cape Cod -   Truro YMCA     YMCA of Cape Cod - West Barnstable     OTHER  Cape Cod Classic Car Club Cruise Nights -       Several Locations Jim Wolf, Master Storyteller ~      Wellfleet ~ Evening stories ~               Wellfleet Methodist Church ~ 508-247-9539 Plaster Palace ~   Sandwich ~ Rt. 130 ~ Heritage Park Plaza ~ 508-833-2262       Did you know…  ...that a Golden Access Pass is free for individuals with medical or permanent disabilities.  This pass will provide free entry into any National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Corps of Engineers, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and Tennessee Valley Authority sites with admission fees. There are also special provisions for the people accompanying the pass holder.  You must appear in person and have proper documentation, and it may be obtained through any National Park Service location. You can usually do this on your first visit to an approved location. See the National Park Service website for locations, documentation needed and other information.