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Boston Globe
25-05-2025
- Boston Globe
The ultimate insider's guide to Cape Cod
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Hottest table in town 'It's hard to believe we're sitting in the service bay of an old gas station,' our companion, Paul Kelley said, as we spread perfectly salted butter onto a thick slice of house-made sourdough bread at LUNE ( Advertisement Families enjoy Coast Guard Beach in Eastham last July. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff The beach is everything Cape Codders pray for sunny weekends so they can pack up their guests for the beach. Forty-mile-long Cape Cod National Seashore gets all the love ( Coast Guard Beach . (The shuttle has room for beach gear and bikes.) Backed by low grass and heathlands, this long stretch of beach is one of the Cape's finest. Adjacent Nauset Light Beach is beautiful, too, and there's a trail to the Three Sisters lighthouses. Both beaches have lifeguards in season and bathhouses, plus matting that smooths the way to the sand for wheelchair users. Got little beachgoers in tow? Corporation Beach in Dennis is an inviting crescent of white sand backed by low dunes on Cape Cod Bay. Family-friendly features include a snack bar, lifeguards, and bathhouses, but you might have to walk a bit from the parking area to the beach. The view from Morris Island Loop Trail in Chatham in January 2024. Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff Beauteous beach hikes Visitors adore the stunning walks at the Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, from 1.5-mile Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail to the more challenging 7.2-mile Great Island Trail. But we found a couple of intriguing hikes elsewhere: Morris Island Loop Trail ( Sandy Neck Nature Trail ( Advertisement In this Aug. 26, 1963, photo provided by the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, President Kennedy approaches a helicopter at the family home in Hyannis Port, Mass., for the first leg of his journey back to Washington. Cecil Stoughton Little museums that pack a punch The Cape has a surprising number of small, specialty museums that are worth seeking out. Some examples: Kennedy fans will be down for a visit to the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum ($14; Cape Cod Museum of Natural History ($15; People bring lawn chairs and coolers to watch the Cape Cod Baseball League games. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff Bring on the boys of summer Considered the best summer league in the United States, the Cape Cod Baseball League ( Advertisement Scenes from the Harwich Mariners vs. Bourne Braves Cape Cod League Baseball game at Doran Park in Bourne in 2023. MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE Best brunch on the Cape Brunch is the best. It gets everybody up and out of the house, and relieves hosts from the pesky chore of cooking omelets to order. The Rooftop at the Pelham House in Dennis ( Best lobster rolls Everybody wants a lobster roll, the quintessential taste of summertime on the Cape. We've perfected the art of the homemade lobster roll, so we're super-picky about ordering them at a restaurant. Still, there are a couple of places that do it so well, we can hand over a credit card without cringing. In Woods Hole, that would be Quahog Republic Leeside Pub ( The traditional lobster roll with onion rings at Skipper Chowder House in South Yarmouth. Devra First/Globe staff Down South Yarmouth way, The Skipper Chowder House ( that good. Bonus points for the on-site ice cream window and views of Nantucket Sound. Best shopping on the Cape Honestly, the Cape isn't a shopper's dream, unless you're looking for an inflatable unicorn or chocolate (the Cape's chocolate shops are great). But if shopping is a treasured part of your vacation experience, head to Provincetown . Whimsical, artistic, chic, tawdry — you can find it all on Commercial Street. We love the crazy mish-mash that is Marine Specialties , the overstuffed shelves at Tim's Used Books , the gorgeous jackets at Cock N Bull Leather , the eye-popping art at Schoolhouse Gallery — add the great places to eat, excellent people-watching, and proximity to Race Point Beach and you've got the Cape's best day trip, too. Advertisement Classic resorts and a budget-priced option We'd love to have you stay with us — you're a delight — but sorry, we just don't have the room. When it comes to full-service resorts, the Cape has three biggies: Chatham Bars Inn, Wequassett Resort & Golf Club, and Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club. Numerous Reddit threads have parsed their comparable virtues, but basically, all three are lovely and luxurious. (Note that prices listed are the lowest available — often midweek — and they go up, up, up in high season. Two- or three-night minimum stays may apply. Resort fees are per night.) Chatham Bars Inn hosts farm dinners. Diane Bair Opened in 1914 as a luxury hunting lodge, the Forbes five-star Chatham Bars Inn (from $590 plus five percent resort fee; Wequassett Resort & Golf Club. Seven Roads Media The five-star Wequassett Resort & Golf Club (from $514 including five percent resort fee; Advertisement Everyone asks about resorts on the Cape. Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club in Brewster offers guest rooms and villas on Cape Cod Bay at a range of prices. Diane Bair Located in the picturesque town of Brewster, 429-acre Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club offers 122 rooms in its mansion-like hotel plus 220 villas set on a golf course and on Cape Cod Bay. (Villas start at $235 plus a $30 resort fee in season; mansion rooms start at $500 plus a $35 resort fee in season; Looking to go less spendy, since you won't be hanging out in your room much anyway? Family-owned, family-friendly Even' tide Motel (from $165; For more highlights, visit . 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Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
80-degree weather for Mass. Maritime Academy students on sea term. Follow along.
The weekend weather in Tampa, Florida featured pleasant 80-degree days, a mild sea breeze and low humidity. A perfect day for afternoon window washing. As Cape Codders were preparing for another snow event, freshman cadet John Strell was making his way around a catwalk cleaning glass outside the Patriot State's bridge. The Massachusetts's Maritime Academy's new training ship arrived at the Port of Tampa Bay on Friday morning. Cadets and staff have rotated through watch and maintenance rounds while also enjoying some liberty off ship to explore the area. Ship Captain Mike Campbell said he planned to have the ship underway Monday morning, heading out into the Gulf of Mexico. Patriot State will then go south around the Florida Keys before turning north up the Atlantic coast. A week at sea with Cape Cod Times: Times photographer to spend a week at sea with Mass. Maritime Academy cadets The over 500 cadets will spend the last days of their 52-day sea term helping to run the ship and also completing classroom studies and exams. Depending on the weather, the ship will be back at its berth on the Buzzards Bay campus next weekend. Thanks to our subscribers, who help make this coverage possible. If you are not a subscriber, please consider supporting quality local journalism with a Cape Cod Times subscription. Here are our subscription plans. This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Mass. Maritime Academy students in Florida for last stop of sea term
