Things To Do On Cape Cod
Activities for All Ages, Kids, Rainy Days, Handicap Accessible & Free Stuff, too!



  • 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. 

 

        

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   Wheelchair       
Handicap accessible - check for details (see below for 
                    National Park information about the "Golden Pass")
   child-girl        Activities suitable for children
   Umbrella 3         Rainy Day & Indoor Activities
Coupon
      Coupon Available (click on button)

Free      FREE Activity
   AF 5        
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   child-girl  (Go carts, bumper boats, arcades, etc.) 
Buds Go Karts ~ Harwich ~ 9 Sisson Road ~ 508-432-4964
Cartland of Cape Cod - Wareham - Off-Cape   Coupon 
Cartwheels Go Karts ~
South Dennis ~ 11 Gages Way ~ 508-394-6755
Grand Slam Entertainment - Wheelchair  Harwichport ~ 508-430-1155 
Ryan Family Centers - Wheelchair  Umbrella 3  Buzzards Bay, Hyannis,  South Yarmouth  & Oak Bluffs (MV) 
Trampoline Center ~ Harwichport ~ 296 Main Street Rte. 28 ~ 508-432-8717
Water Wizz Water Park - Wheelchair  Wareham ~ Off Cape ~ 508-295-3255 (in season), 401-364-2070 (off season) 

ANTIQUES
Antiques Browsing
Antique Shows

AQUARIUMS  child-girl  Umbrella 3
Woods Hole Science Aquarium  Wheelchair  Free 
Zooquarium - Wheelchair  674 Route 28, West Yarmouth ~ 508-775-8893       

ART & ART GALLERIES
Art & Art Galleries

BAND CONCERTS
Chatham ~  Wheelchair  Free    Kate Gould Park on Main Street ~ Fridays, 8 PM, Early July - Early September 
Sandwich  Free   
Thursdays, 8 PM, Early July - August
           
BEACHES   child-girl
Cape Cod Beaches  Wheelchair  check for details
Cape Cod Boardwalks  Free


BOATING (see also "Water Activities" below)
Boat Rentals
Cat Boats
Excursion & Party Boats
Yacht Clubs 

BOWLING   child-girl  Umbrella 3
Buzzards Bay Bowling
Falmouth Bowling
Hyannis Bowling
Orleans Bowling
Ryan Family Centers -  Wheelchair  Buzzards Bay, Hyannis, South Yarmouth & Oak Bluffs (MV)
South Yarmouth Bowling
     South Yarmouth                 

ENTERTAINMENT INFORMATION
Woods Hole Film Festival
- Wheelchair  Woods Hole  -  July 26 - August 2, 2008
Cape Cinema
 -East Dennis
Cape Week Entertainment Guide
Concerts - General Info
Local Music Calendar

ENTERTAINTMENT VENUES   Umbrella 3
Academy of Performing Arts Playhouse - Wheelchair  AF 5  Orleans                
Cape Cod Melody Tent -Wheelchair  Hyannis
Cape Cod Opera AF 5  Cape-wide
Cape Cod Theater Project - AF 5  Falmouth
Cape Cod Symphony- AF 5  Yarmouth Port 
Cape Codder Resort - Hyannis                  
Cape Playhouse - Wheelchair  Dennis
Cape Rep Theater - Wheelchair AF 5  East Brewster
Chatham Chorale AF 5  Chatham
Chatham Drama Guild - Wheelchair AF 5 Chatham
Children's Theater -  child-girl  Orleans
College Light Opera - Wheelchair  Falmouth
Four C's Theater at Cape Cod Community College AF 5  Barnstable
Harwich Junior Theater - Wheelchair AF 5  Harwich                   
Monomoy Theatre - Wheelchair AF 5 Chatham
Payomet Performing Arts Center AF 5   Truro
Stages Theater Company AF 5  Orleans 
                 
Theater Workshop of Nantucket - Nantucket
Truro Center For The Arts At Castle Hill
AF 5  Truro
Wellfleet Harbor Actors' Theater - Wheelchair AF 5 Wellfleet
Woods Hole Theater Company AF 5  Woods Hole
 
  

FAIRS & FESTIVAL   child-girl Free
               Wheelchair
 
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   child-girl
Bass River Beach Fishing Pier - Wheelchair   Free   Yarmouth
Chatham Pier -   Free Chatham 
Parker River PierWheelchair   Free Yarmouth, off Rte. 28
Schoolhouse Pond -  Wheelchair   Free  Brewster
Scusset Beach Fishing Pier
Wheelchair   Free  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   child-girl
Horseback Riding

 

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ICE SKATING   child-girl  Umbrella 3
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 -  Wheelchair  Hyannis
Island Queen -  Wheelchair  Falmouth
Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce
Getting To Nantucket
Nantucket Chamber of Commerce
Nantucket Island Ferry -  Wheelchair  Harwichport, Freedom Cruise Lines
Steamship Authority - Wheelchair - Hyannis, Woods Hole

LIBRARIES   Wheelchair  child-girl  Umbrella 3  Free
Cape Cod Libraries
Sturgis Librarywhere they keep lineage records and maps of old cemetery locations
          
MINIATURE GOLF   child-girl
Miniature Golf Courses

MOVIE THEATERS   child-girl  Umbrella 3
Cape Cinema - East Dennis
Falmouth Mall Cinema - Wheelchair  
Falmouth
Harwich 6 -  Wheelchair  
Harwich
Mashpee Cinema -  Wheelchair  
Mashpee
Nickelodeon 5 Cinema -  Wheelchair  
N. Falmouth
Regal Cape Cod Mall -  Wheelchair  
Hyannis
South Dennis 12 -  Wheelchair   Dennis                 
Wellfleet Cinemas - Wheelchair Wellfleet ~ Drive-in & Theater

MUSEUMS & HISTORICAL SITES   Wheelchair  child-girl  Umbrella 3
Museums & Historical Buildings
                 

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PARKS    child-girl
Cape Cod National Seashore Park - Eastham
Nickerson State Park - Brewster
Salt Pond Visitors' Center - Free  Eastham (in Cape Cod Nat'l Seashore Park)
Cape Cod Radio Stations

PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED RESOURCES  Wheelchair
Access For Disabled Americans

Div. of Parks & Rec - Accessible Trails  Wheelchair
Cape Cod Resources For The Physically Challenged  Wheelchair
         
RADIO STATIONS

SHOPPING
Shopping Page

SIGHTSEEING TOURS & CRUISES
Cape Cod Central Railroad - child-girl  Hyannis
Cape Cod Canal Cruises child-girl  Onset

Hy-line Cruises - Hyannis
Lighthouses of the Cape  Free
Ocean Quest
 - child-girl  Woods Hole
Pirate Adventures -  child-girl  Hyannis  
Sightseeing Tours & Cruises              

SPORTS
Cape Cod Baseball League   child-girl
Cape Cod Women's Soccer League -  child-girl Free  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 -   Wheelchair   child-girl   Umbrella 3   Free  Hyannis
Marine Biological Laboratory -  child-girl  Umbrella 3   Free Woods Hole 
Pairpoint Glassblowing child-girl  Umbrella 3  Free  Sagamore 
Sandwich Fish Hatchery ~  child-girl   Free  Sandwich ~ Route 6A ~ 508-888-0008
   

WALKING, HIKING and BIKING   child-girl
Bike Rentals - Wheelchair  Listed By Town
Cape Cod Boardwalks  Free
Cape Cod Rail Trail  Wheelchair  Free
Cape Cod Trails Conference
Cape Cod Walking Trails  Wheelchair  Free
Cedar Tree Neck Wildlife Sanctuary - Free   Martha's Vineyard
Crocker Neck Conservation Trail - Barnstable
Fulling Brook Reserve - Free 
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 -  Free Falmouth

WATER ACTIVITIES (See also "Fishing" above)
Boat Rentals
Boating & Sailing Instruction
Diving & Snorkelling
Excursion & Party Boats
Kayaking
Parasailing
Sailboarding
Water Wizz Water Park - child-girl  Wareham - Off Cape
Windsurfing                                                                                        

                                    

WHALE WATCH   child-girl
Whale watching
Cape Cod Whale Watch Wheelchair  Provincetown
Whales -   Wheelchair  Hyannis 

WILDLIFE & ANIMALS   child-girl
Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary - East Falmouth
Bassett Wild Animal Farm  - Brewster - 620 Tubman Road ~ 508-896-3224
Birdwatching
Cape Cod Boardwalks  Wheelchair some accessible Free
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     Umbrella 3  Check for hours and tastings
Cape Cod Winery -  Free  Falmouth  - 508-457-5592
Chicama Vineyards -  Free   West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard -
508-693-0309
Nantucket Vineyard -   Free  Nantucket - 508-325-5929 - By Appointment
Truro Vineyards of Cape Cod - Free  Truro

YMCA    
YMCA of Cape Cod 
- West Barnstable   child-girl  Umbrella 3

OTHER 
Cape Cod Classic Car Club Cruise Nights -  Wheelchair  Free   Several Locations
Jim Wolf, Master Storytellerchild-girl  Umbrella 3  Wellfleet ~ Evening stories ~ 
             Wellfleet Methodist Church ~ 508-247-9539

Plaster PalaceUmbrella 3  Sandwich ~
Rt. 130 ~ Heritage Park Plaza ~ 508-833-2262
 

 

Wheelchair  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.

 

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