AROUND CAPE COD
ARTS
The Sandwich Arts Alliance supports and promotes local artists. They have meetings and events throughout the year supporting visual, literary, and performing arts. Collections Gallery and Black Crow Gallery, both on Route 6A, are worth stopping in to see their unique works.
CULTURE
The Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen is run by the Thornton W. Burgess Society. Today, visitors can walk the grounds that inspired the author’s many books, including The Adventures of Peter Cottontail . The Jam Kitchen was started by Ida Putnam in 1903. Throughout the year, the live museum offers lessons on making jam the “old-fashioned way.”
Mashpee
EDUCATION
Located in the Upper Cape, Mashpee is bordered on the north by Sandwich, to the east by Barnstable, to the west by Falmouth, and on the south by Nantucket Sound, where two breathtaking bays, Popponesset and Waquoit, edge into the land. Three large ponds—Ashumet Pond, John’s Pond, and the combined Mashpee-Wakeby Pond—are excellent for kayaking, fishing, and swimming. The conservation area of Mashpee River, which begins at Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, is a beautiful tidal river that empties into Pirate’s Cove on Popponesset Bay. Waquoit Bay is home to the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, thousands of acres of salt marshes, cranberry bogs, Atlantic white cedar swamps, freshwater marshes, rivers, and vernal pools.
The Sandwich public school system includes three schools: Forestdale School, for pre-K through second grade, Oak Ridge School, third through sixth grades, and Sandwich Middle-High School, for grades seven through twelve. The Waldorf School of Cape Cod is also located in Sandwich and offers programs from early childhood through middle school.
HISTORY
POINTS OF INTEREST
The oldest Cape town is home to what is believed to be the oldest house in New England continuously occupied by the same family. The Wing Fort House was built in 1641, and the Wing family lived there for over three centuries. Today, the home operates as a museum. The Old Town Cemetery is another place that is of interest to many history buffs; the oldest burial is marked at 1683, and most tombstones are from the 1700s.
• Attaquin Park Beach
• Mashpee Commons
• Maushop Equestrian Center
• Cape Cod Children’s Museum
• Mashpee Wampanoag Museum
• Popponesset Bay
• Heritage Park
• Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge
• South Cape Beach
• John’s Pond
• Mashpee-Wakeby Pond
• Waquoit Bay
Serving as the commercial center for the town, Mashpee Commons, which has won awards for its design, began as the small New Seabury Shopping Center in the 1960s. In the mid-1980s, the property was developed and expanded into a mixed-use commercial and residential community. Today, Mashpee Commons has more than 70 residential units and 100 businesses, including many locally owned retailers. The Commons hosts free year-round events, such as story walks, trivia nights, block parties, live entertainment, and holiday attractions.
In addition to its gardens, Heritage Museums and Gardens has 18,000 items in its collections, plus a 1908 hand-carved carousel and a large collection of antique automobiles.
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