Cape Cod Beaches Massachusetts tourism & travel - information on Tourist Attractions

Cape Cod has over 560 miles of beaches. There are over 27 public golf courses in the area. You can go hiking, biking, canoeing, kayaking, fishing and golfing. Take a tour on land or by sea. Visit a museum. Relax on unspoiled beaches. Go antique shopping. Visit a gallery, beautiful gardens, an aquarium or lighthouse.  Relax and enjoy the view.

Links are to city/town Hotels, Motels and Lodging

Nantucket Island is an island South of Cape Cod. It is 30 miles off the Massachusetts coast. There are lots of Antique shops & galleries here. The Brant Point Light lighthouse located here is the 2nd oldest lighthouse in America. Beaches are unspoiled and beautiful. The Coskata Coatue Wildlife Refuge here is 10 miles of shore and salt march with picnic grounds. You can go surf fishing or Deep sea fishing. Views of the area can be seen from the tower of the First Congregational church. There are museums, a Vineyard and an Aquarium.

Some area historic and tourist sites worth seeing are:

  • Hadwen House - built in 1845
  • Jethro Coffin House - Oldest house on Island built in 1686.
  • Old Mill - oldest mill in America still
  • Nantucket Lifesaving Museum - built in 1874
  • Maria Mitchell Aquarium - marine life found in the waters around the Island.
  • Maria Mitchell Hinchman House Natural Science museum
  • Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum - exhibits and demonstrations
  • Nantucket Vineyard - tours available
  • Nantucket Whaling museum - artifacts on maritime history and a candle factory

Martha's Vineyard is an island South of Cape Cod. Take a 45 minute ferry ride from the coast to get here. The Aquinnah Cliffs are beautiful. These colorful cliffs are a National landmark. The Cedar Tree Neck Sanctuary is worth a trip to see. The area has a few small towns with their own attractions and appeal. Below is a list:

  • Oak bluffs
    • Flying Horses Carousel - oldest working carousel in USA
    • Cottage Museum and Tabernacle Martha's Vineyard Gingerbread Cottages
  • Edgartown
    • arts center
    • Cape Cod Duckmobile - land and sea tours
    • Cape Cod Central Railroad - scenic train rides
    • Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary

    • Harbor View Hotel

       - landmark hotel resort.

    • Hy-line Cruises - fishing trips, harbor cruises ferry service to Nantucket

    • Kelley House

       located in downtown Edgartown, a landmark hotel since 1742

    • Martha's Vineyard Historical Society Museum - 1765, antiques, ship models
    • World of Reptile and Birds Sanctuary
    • yachting center
  • Vineyard Haven
    • Ferry Port
    • Island Cove Mini Golf
  • West Tisbury
    • Chicama Vineyards - tours
  • Chilmark
  • Chappaquiddick Island - features Mytoi garden, a Japanese garden, ferry access

Upper Cape

  • Bourne
    • Cape Cod canal
    • Bourne Bridge Outlet Center - designer clothing outlet stores
  • Buzzards Bay
    • National Marine Life Center

    New Bedford

  • Falmouth
  • Sandwich
    • Beaches & Nature trails
    • Sandwich Glass museum
    • Heritage Museums and Garden
    • Thornton W. Burgess Museum and Green Briar Nature Center
  • Mashpee
    • Cape Cod Children's Museum

Mid Cape

  • Barnstable
  • Dennis Port
    • Oceanfront Resorts
    • waterfront dining
    • Cape Playhouse
    • West Dennis
  • Hyannis
    • Cape Symphony Orchestra Performing arts center
    • Golf
    • John F. Kennedy (JFK) Hyannis Museum
    • Harbor
    • Shopping
    • Sightseeing boats
    • Whale watching cruises
  • Yarmouth located on the Nantucket Sound

Lower Cape

  • Brewster
    • Antique Shops & Galleries
    • Bike and Walking Trails
    • Campgrounds
    • Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
    • Golf Courses
  • Chatham
  • Eastham
    • Cape Cod National Seashore - 40 miles of seashore
    • Fort Hill Trail
    • North Eastham
  • Harwich
    • Harwich Historical Society and Brooks Academy Museum
  • Orleans
  • Provincetown or P town
    • Arts Dune tours of beaches and dunes in area
    • Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum
    • Provincetown Art Association and Museum of Art
    • Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Exhibit
  • Truro
  • Wellfleet
    • fishing village
    • harbor
    • Wellfleet Bay Wildlife sanctuary
    • Cape Cod National Seashore
    • galleries &  shops
    • ocean and bay beaches