#1 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Veterans Field
Cape Cod MA
~0.96 miles from Chatham city center
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Veteran's Field is the home field of the Chatham Anglers baseball team. It is located on Depot Road in Chatham, Massachusetts, USA, on Cape Cod.
Veteran's Field has a capacity of approximately 2,000 people; however, much of the seating is informal around the perimeter of the field on grass or lawn chairs and the park can accommodate close to 8,500 people informally. This is achieved because of where Veteran's Stadium is situated. The park sits in a natural bowl which forms a natural stadium around the stadium in addition to the permanent seating. Admission to Veteran's Field is free; however, to offset this are donations and a raffle held by the Anglers for small prizes.
The stadium originally utilized a local high school building adjacent to the field as a clubhouse area for the Athle...
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Cockle Cove Beach
Cape Cod MA
~1.89 miles from Chatham city center
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Cockle Cove is situated between Ridgevale and Forest Street beach on the warm, calm waters of Nantucket Sound. Like its neighborhing beaches this is a favorite for those with small children and makes a great launch for windsurfers and kayakers. The comfortably-sized beach parking lot lies at the end of Cockle Cove Road in South Chatham.
This is a town-managed beach with a life guard on duty and bathroom facilities. A parking pass is required and available at the beach toll booth. Non-resident daily parking is $15, while a one-week sticker is $60 and a season sticker is $125. Non residents must purchase their passes by paying cash at the booth. Residents can get season stickers at the permit department at 283 George Ryder Road, (508) 945-5180.
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Chatham Lighthouse
Cape Cod MA
~1.93 miles from Chatham city center
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Chatham Lighthouse, known as Twin Lights prior to 1923, is a lighthouse in Chatham, Massachusetts, near the "elbow" of Cape Cod.
The station was established in 1808, the second light on Cape Cod. To distinguish it from Highland Light, the first Cape Cod light, and to act as a range, twin octagonal 40ft (12m) wooden towers were built. They were on skids so that they could be moved to keep them in line with the entrance channel as it shifted. Samuel Nye was appointed as the first Keeper of the Chatham Lights by President Jefferson on October 7, 1808.
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Hardings Lighthouse
Cape Cod MA
~2.00 miles from Chatham city center
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Stage Harbor Light (also known as Harding Beach Light), built in 1880, is the youngest of the Cape Cod Light Stations. Chatham is the entrance to Stage Harbor, important to fishing and commercial traffic of the time. The light was installed to complement the light at Chatham, which one of the foggiest points on the East Coast.
The tower was built of curved iron plates lined with brick - identical to the "Chatham Twins." A fifth-order Fresnel lens was installed. The light was attached to a keeper's house similar to the one at Mayo Beach.
During Prohibition, liquor was stored under the floorboards in the passage between the light and keeper's house. During a surprise inspection, the inspector noted the loose floorboards, but simply told the keeper to repair them!
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Red River Beach
Cape Cod MA
~3.51 miles from Chatham city center
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Red River Beach is actually in Harwich, but we're including it here, since it's just over the Chatham line off Route 28. It's a Nantucket Sound Beach and, though it's smaller than both Hardings and Ridgevale, this is the largest beach in Harwich with both lifeguards and bathrooms facilities. There is no permanent food option here but the ice cream truck makes frequent visits to this beach.
It's also a favorite launch place for kayakers, para-surfers, windsurfers, sailors and fishermen who want a short run over to Monomoy Island Wildlife Refuge.
The parking lot accomodates 250 cars and parking pass (available at the beach) is required between 9AM and 5pm.
Directions: There are several roads from Rt 28 near the Harwich/Chatham line that access Red River Beach. Uncle Venie's Lane i...
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Pleasant Road Beach
Cape Cod MA
~6.73 miles from Chatham city center
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This beach is known for its warm water and mild surf. Pets are welcome on or off-leash during the off-season, October to mid-May.
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Nauset Beach
Cape Cod MA
~7.33 miles from Chatham city center
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EASTHAM
Eastham beach stickers can be purchased at the Recreation and Beach Department, located at 2500 State Highway in Eastham. For questions on Eastham beach stickers, including hours when you can purchase beach stickers, please call 508.240.5976.
Nauset Light Beach: An oceanside beach maintained by the Cape Cod National Seashore; follow Brackett Road off of Route 6. This beach is idea for surfing and swimming, and has restrooms and showers available. Google Map to Nauset Light Beach.
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Skalet Beach
Cape Cod MA
~7.61 miles from Chatham city center
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The definitive Cape Cod beach. Wide open beach with rolling sand dunes and more. Skaket Beach: Very popular Bayside beach (the parking lot fills up fast).
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Breakwater Beach
Cape Cod MA
~7.80 miles from Chatham city center
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This is a bay side beach, with the flat sand and warm water typical of the bay beaches. The water is about 65 to 70 degrees in July and August, and at low tide the water goes out seemingly for miles. You can hunt for all types of sand and sea creatures. The bay is ideal for young children.
The beach is about ½ mile down Breakwater Road from the Brewster General Store.
This is a town beach, and a sticker is required from 9am to 3pm every day during the summer. For non-residents, parking is $10 a day, $30 a week, or $100 a season. Stickers are sold seven days a week at the rear of the Brewster Town Office Building, Visitor Information Center, 2198 Main Street (Route 6A) from 9am to 3pm
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Stony Brook Grist Mill
830 Stony Brook Rd Brewster MA - 508-896-1734
~7.98 miles from Chatham city center
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The Stony Brook Grist Mill is a Registered Historic Place property in in Stony Brook, Suffolk County, New York. It opened in 1699 in the middle of Mill Pond.
The Ward Melville Heritage Organization owns and operates the mill as a working mill museum.
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Cape Cod MA
~8.32 miles from Chatham city center
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Bass River Lighthouse
Cape Cod MA
~10.05 miles from Chatham city center
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
West Dennis Beach
Cape Cod MA
~10.21 miles from Chatham city center
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West Dennis Beach
Address: Lighthouse Rd. off Lower County Rd., West Dennis, MA
The West Dennis Beach is one of the best on the south shore. A breakwater was started here in 1837 in an effort to protect the mouth of Bass River, but was abandoned when a sandbar formed on the shore side. It's a long, wide, and popular sandy beach, stretching for 1½ mi, with marshland and the Bass River across from it. Popular with windsurfers, the beach also has bathhouses, lifeguards, a playground, concessions, and parking for 1,000 cars.
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Cape Playhouse
West Dennis MA
~10.97 miles from Chatham city center
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Celebrating more than 80 seasons, the Cape Playhouse is proud to be America's Oldest Professional Summer
Theatre. Californian Raymond Moore spent several summers in Provincetown where he was involved in painting
scenery, writing plays and acting in theatre there. His vision, however, was to have a theatre of his own - a
smart, sophisticated summer theatre, which would bring Broadway to Cape Cod. So in 1927, he bought a
19th century former Unitarian Meeting House for $200 and had it moved to 3 1/2 acres of pasture land fronting
the Old Kings Highway in Dennis and converted it into a theatre. The original pews, now with cushions, still
serve as seats.
The opening performance on July 4, 1927 was The Guardsman, starring Basil Rathbone. Over the years,
Moore attracted many big name ...
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Cape Museum Fine Arts
West Dennis MA
~11.63 miles from Chatham city center
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The Cape Cod Museum of Art’s mission is to collect, conserve, study, interpret and exhibit works by outstanding artists associated with Cape Cod and the Islands. Through its programs, the museum seeks to preserve the artistic heritage of the area and to foster artistic and cultural growth within the individual and the community.
Visit CCMA to discover the Cape through historical and contemporary artists:
- See exhibitions in seven galleries
- Stroll through the lovely sculpture garden
- Visit the Museum Shop for unique gifts by artists and artisans
- Explore your creativity in year-round art classes for adults and children
- Be inspired through various lectures by artists and scholars
- Check out the valuable art resources in our library
- Enjoy exciting special events th...
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Nauset Light Beach
Cape Cod MA
~11.96 miles from Chatham city center
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EASTHAM
Eastham beach stickers can be purchased at the Recreation and Beach Department, located at 2500 State Highway in Eastham. For questions on Eastham beach stickers, including hours when you can purchase beach stickers, please call 508.240.5976.
Nauset Light Beach: An oceanside beach maintained by the Cape Cod National Seashore; follow Brackett Road off of Route 6. This beach is idea for surfing and swimming, and has restrooms and showers available. Google Map to Nauset Light Beach.
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Nauset Lighthouse
Cape Cod MA
~12.14 miles from Chatham city center
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The Nauset Lighthouse is not only known as a symbol for Cape Cod Potato Chips, but as one of the Cape’s most recognizable landmarks. Over the years, the community has gone to great lengths to construct and preserve this iconic beacon.
It all began in 1836 when 21 residents of Eastham contacted the Boston Marine Society requesting the construction of a lighthouse on Nauset Beach. Countless vessels had been lost off the shores of Eastham and it was apparent that a beacon was required to safely bring ships into harbor. Congress approved the request and determined three wooden lighthouses would be constructed at the site to distinguish the location from the single light north at Truro and the double lights south at Chatham. And so the lighthouses known at the Three Sisters were erected.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Sandy Neck Lighthouse
Cape Cod MA
~15.68 miles from Chatham city center
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Barnstable Harbor was an important port for fishing and trade in the early 1800's. The first Sandy Neck (or Beach Point) Lighthouse was constructed in 1827 - a lantern on the roof of the keepers house. The first keeper was Joseph Nickerson. In 1857, the old lighthouse was replaced by a brick tower (painted white). A new keeper's house was built in 1880. In 1887, it was reported by the Lighthouse Board (Clark, p. 81): "The brick tower, being badly cracked, was strengthened with two iron hoops and six staves." These repairs are still visible today.
Select an image to enlarge
the light station is at center
By 1931, the importance of Barnstable harbor had diminished, and sand had built up at the tip of Sandy Neck, making the lighthouse's position less important. The lighthous...
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Cape Cod Storyland
Cape Cod MA
~15.71 miles from Chatham city center
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John F Kennedy Hyannis Museum
Cape Cod MA
~15.85 miles from Chatham city center
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John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum is a multimedia exhibit designed to open a window on the days JFK spent on Cape Cod; days relaxing with family, days playing football with PT109 buddies, days spent sailing on the ocean to which he was so constantly drawn.
The exhibit features over 80 photographs spanning the years 1934 to 1963 and is arranged in thematic groupings to reflect John F. Kennedy, his family, his friends and the Cape Cod he so dearly loved. In addition to photography, a video narrated by Walter Cronkite depicts the president’s experiences on the Cape. Several themed areas include charged oral histories of JFK’s friends.
The Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to have created this opportunity for visitors and residents alike to remember the John F. Kennedy era on Cape Cod. ...
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Indian Neck Beach
Provincetown MA
~16.53 miles from Chatham city center
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Indian Neck Beach:
Nice beach with a view of the harbor, Great Island ( part of the National Seashore and a great place for hiking), and the bay.
Directions: Off Indian Neck Road.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Cahoon Hollow Beach
Cape Cod MA
~17.74 miles from Chatham city center
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Sandy Neck Beach
Cape Cod MA
~20.97 miles from Chatham city center
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Hovering above Barnstable Harbor and the 4,000-acre Great Salt Marsh, Sandy Neck Beach stretches some 6 mi across a peninsula that ends at Sandy Neck Light. The beach is one of the Cape's most beautiful—dunes, sand, and sea spread endlessly east, west, and north. The marsh used to be harvested for salt hay; now it's a haven for birds, which are out and about in the greatest numbers in morning and evening, during low tide, and during spring and fall migrations. The lighthouse, standing a few feet from the eroding shoreline at the tip of the neck, has been out of commission since 1952. It was built in 1857 to replace an 1827 light, and it used to run on acetylene gas. It's now privately owned and no longer accessible from the beach. If you like to hike, ask at the ranger station for a trail ...
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Long Nook Beach
Cape Cod MA
~23.16 miles from Chatham city center
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A not-so-secret favorite of nude sunbathers, Longnook Beach shares the senses of wildness and isolation synonymous with Truro's outer reaches. Truro beach stickers are required for parking.
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Cape Cod/Highland Lighthouse
North Truro MA
~24.61 miles from Chatham city center
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The Cape Cod Highland Lighthouse is a working lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore in Truro, Massachusetts. The grounds are open year round, while the light is open to the public from May until late October, with guided tours available. It is owned by the National Park Service, and cared for by the Highland Museum and Lighthouse Inc.,[5] on behalf of the United States Coast Guard which operates the light itself.
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Coast Guard Beach
Provincetown MA
~25.36 miles from Chatham city center
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Coast Guard Beach is a prime swimming beach during the summer season. From mid-June to Labor Day, the parking area at this location is closed to all but park staff and visitors who are disabled, and access is provided by shuttle bus from the Little Creek parking area (across from the Doane Area). Although the parking lot at Coast Guard Beach is open the remainder of the year, parking is limited. There are seasonal restrooms and a wheelchair-accessible ramp way to the beach
Directions: One and one-half miles East on Nauset and Doane Roads (on road to beach from Salt Pond Visitor Center). Look for brown and white signs.
Safety: Observe posted speed limits; watch out for bicyclist and walkers.
Prominent Features:
The Great Beach, so named by Henry David Thoreau, starts here. This sa...
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Wood End Lighthouse
Cape Cod MA
~25.53 miles from Chatham city center
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The third lighthouse in Provincetown was built in 1872, between Race Point and Long Point - at the elbow of the sandbar which surrounds Provincetown harbor. The light was designed as an exact replica of Long Point Light. It was originally painted brown, and housed a fifth-order Fresnel lens. In 1896, a second keeper's house, storage shed, and oil house were added. A fog bell in a tower was added in 1902.
By 1872, most of the community at the tip of the Cape was gone. However, as reported to the Lighthouse Board in 1880 (Clark, p.126) "The keeper of this station is much annoyed by the stench and flies coming from the fish-oil works located between this and Long Point Station."
In 1911, a breakwater was built across the upper end of the harbor - this allowed much more direct access to ...
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Head of the Meadow Beach
Provincetown MA
~25.71 miles from Chatham city center
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In Short – Truro has some of the most beautiful beaches on the cape, and Head of the Meadow is no exception. It actually comprises two beaches; one is operated by the town, the other by the Cape Cod National Seashore. The latter is the only one with a lifeguard.
The sand is incredibly clean and smooth, and allows for easy walking near the water. The incline from the parking lot to the beach is minimal (a welcome relief after visiting Race Point in Provincetown!) The surf is strong but there are shallow areas and sandbars that cater to younger or weaker swimmers/waders. The tide comes in towards you as usual, but there is also a current that comes in to the right, so the two actually end up colliding with each other. The water is clean, beach is expansive, and is overall a very picturesq...
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Long Point Lighthouse
Cape Cod MA
~25.81 miles from Chatham city center
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Long Point, at the very fingertip of the curling arm of Cape Cod, was visited in 1620 by the Pilgrims after they entered Provincetown Harbor. A settlement began at Long Point in 1818, reaching its peak in the 1850s when about 200 people lived there. As Provincetown became a major fishing port, it was decided a lighthouse at Long Point would greatly aid mariners entering the town's harbor.
The first Long Point Light (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
The first lighthouse was completed in 1826. It consisted of a lantern on top of the keeper's house, with a fixed light exhibited 35 feet above mean high water, visible for 13 nautical miles. The first keeper was Charles Derby. For a time beginning in 1830, a school for Long Point children was operated at the lighthouse.
I.W.P. Lewis' 1843 inspecti...
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Chatham
Cape Cods Children's Museum
Mashpee MA
~26.46 miles from Chatham city center
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Hours of Operation
10:00am – 3:00pm Tuesday – Thursday
10:00am – 5:00pm Friday & Saturday
12:00pm – 5:00pm Sunday
Open all Monday holidays and Mondays during local school vacation weeks.
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Day,
Easter, Fourth of July, and Labor Day.
Summer Hours (Memorial Day – Labor Day)
10:00am – 5:00pm Monday – Saturday
12:00am – 5:00pm Sunday
Admission
Free for Museum members
$6.00 Ages 1 - 59
$5.00 Seniors 60+
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