AROUND CAPE COD
Main Street in Chatham features over a dozen art galleries and studios. The Creative Arts Center offers year-round classes in various media, and the Chatham Drama Guild hosts live performances. The historic Chatham Orpheum Theater, reopened in 2013, screens first-run and local films. Each summer, Chatham Art in the Park showcases painted wooden pieces by local artists. ARTS Chatham’s historic sites include the Atwood Museum, Marconi Maritime Center, Railroad Museum, and Josiah Mayo House. The Eldredge Public Library, built in 1894, stands on Main Street. Chase Park houses the 1797 Godfrey Windmill, and Chatham Lighthouse continues to guide vessels over the Chatham Bar. HISTORY Chatham and its neighboring town of Harwich are both part of the Monomoy Regional School District. Chatham has its own elementary school, Chatham Elementary School, on Depot Road for students in pre-kindergarten through fourth grade. Chatham children in grades five through twelve attend Monomoy Regional Middle School, located in Chatham, and Monomoy Regional High School in Harwich. Also in Harwich is Cape Cod Regional Technical School, another public school option for Chatham teens. EDUCATION
GEOGRAPHY
Chatham is located at the elbow of Cape Cod on the southeastern corner of the peninsula. With the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Nantucket Sound to the south, and Pleasant Bay on its northeastern edge, Chatham has only one land neighbor, the town of Harwich, which wraps around its western and northern borders. The eight-mile-long spit of land that is Monomoy Island extends southwest from Chatham and is home to the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge. Shifting sandbars and eroding barrier beaches are a regular feature of the entrances to Chatham Harbor. The town is also home to rivers, creeks, and salt and freshwater ponds.
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