AROUND CAPE COD
Barnstable
Cape Cod’s most populous town, Barnstable, is made up of seven villages: Barnstable Village, Centerville, Cotuit, Hyannis, Marstons Mills, Osterville, and West Barnstable. The town stretches from Cape Cod Bay in the north to Nantucket Sound in the south, with harbors on both sides. Barnstable is bordered on the east by Yarmouth and to the west by Sandwich and Mashpee. The town has numerous ponds and beaches spread throughout its villages. In 1602, Bartholomew Gosnold, an English barrister, explorer, and privateer, led the first recorded European expedition to Cape Cod and explored the region that is modern-day Barnstable. Once settled, the town was named for Barnstaple, England, and was incorporated in 1639, along with its neighboring towns of Yarmouth and Sandwich.
POINTS OF INTEREST
• Barnstable Harbor
• Cape Symphony Orchestra
• JFK Museum
• Cahoon Museum of American Art
• Cotuit Center for the Arts
• Sandy Neck
• Cape Cod Maritime Museum
• Hyannis Harbor
• Wequaquet Lake
• Cape Cod Organic Farm
• HyArts Cultural District
Hyannis Harbor is within walking distance of Main Street Hyannis and offers multiple seafood restaurants, hotels, and inns. There are also seasonal artist shanties that feature local craftspeople and artists, a public park with frequent open-air concerts, and the Cape Cod Maritime Museum, which houses an impressive historic boat collection. Fishing vessels, charter boats, harbor cruises, recreational sailboats, and two ferry companies with service to the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard all use this harbor.
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