Cape Cod Historic Places, Travel,
Kings Highway Museums
Kings Highway Museums
Getting to Cape Cod: Boston is the nearest large city to Cape Cod.
Air service reaches Boston from other major hubs and cities. Rental cars are available at the airport.
From Boston take Route 93 to Route 3 and after 60 miles, cross the Cape Cod Canal. Continue on
Route 6 for all locations on Cape Cod or go to Route 6A for the slower scenic route through the villages.
Routes 6 and 6A join in Orleans and go to the tip of Cape Cod.
Several small commuter airlines serve Hyannis Airport and Provincetown Airport on Cape Cod from
Boston, Providence, and New Bedford. Cape Air, US Airways Express, and Linear Air (Hanscom Field
Bedford Ma)
Bus service is available from Boston and from Logan Airport. Plymouth and Brockton, Logan Direct
serves Hyannis
Bonanza Bus Lines serves Bourne, Falmouth, and the Wood's Hole ferry from Logan Airport
Passenger Boats leave daily from Boston to the tip of Cape Cod (May -September) at Provincetown.
Bicycles can go aboard.
A fast cat boat and a slower conventional passenger boat make trips from Boston. Bicycles permitted
A passenger boat makes a daily run from Plymouth, MA to Provincetown.
Air service reaches Boston from other major hubs and cities. Rental cars are available at the airport.
From Boston take Route 93 to Route 3 and after 60 miles, cross the Cape Cod Canal. Continue on
Route 6 for all locations on Cape Cod or go to Route 6A for the slower scenic route through the villages.
Routes 6 and 6A join in Orleans and go to the tip of Cape Cod.
Several small commuter airlines serve Hyannis Airport and Provincetown Airport on Cape Cod from
Boston, Providence, and New Bedford. Cape Air, US Airways Express, and Linear Air (Hanscom Field
Bedford Ma)
Bus service is available from Boston and from Logan Airport. Plymouth and Brockton, Logan Direct
serves Hyannis
Bonanza Bus Lines serves Bourne, Falmouth, and the Wood's Hole ferry from Logan Airport
Passenger Boats leave daily from Boston to the tip of Cape Cod (May -September) at Provincetown.
Bicycles can go aboard.
A fast cat boat and a slower conventional passenger boat make trips from Boston. Bicycles permitted
A passenger boat makes a daily run from Plymouth, MA to Provincetown.
Fifteen large towns and many small villages make up Cape Cod.
Upper Cape: Along the Cape Cod Canal, the towns of Bourne and Sandwich define the northern limit of
the upper Cape
Mid Cape includes Barnstable, Yarmouth and Dennis. The mid Cap is where you will find Hyannis Airport
Lower Cape includes Brewster, Harwich , and Chatham.
Outer Cape starts in Orleans and includes Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown.
Upper Cape: Along the Cape Cod Canal, the towns of Bourne and Sandwich define the northern limit of
the upper Cape
Mid Cape includes Barnstable, Yarmouth and Dennis. The mid Cap is where you will find Hyannis Airport
Lower Cape includes Brewster, Harwich , and Chatham.
Outer Cape starts in Orleans and includes Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown.
Back To Plymouth:
You could end your history
vacation with a return to
Plymouth where today the
antique colonial homes of the
descendants of the
Mayflower's passengers
crowd Plymouth's narrow
streets within sight of the
famous rock, the place where
the Longfellow legend states
that John Alden first stepped
on Plymouth soil.
You could end your history
vacation with a return to
Plymouth where today the
antique colonial homes of the
descendants of the
Mayflower's passengers
crowd Plymouth's narrow
streets within sight of the
famous rock, the place where
the Longfellow legend states
that John Alden first stepped
on Plymouth soil.
Cape Cod History, Kings Highway Museums
Kings Highway Museums
From Sandwich you can head south on the Old Kings Highway, a historic road that carried Henry
David Thoreau in 1849 on his way to Provincetown. Along the thirty or so miles south to Brewster you
will find antique galleries, the 1685 Benjamin Nye Homestead, the New England Fire and History
Museum, and the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.
Old Kings Highway Camping, Biking:
The Old Kings Highway goes south from Sandwich to Brewster. At Brewster find Nickerson State Park
and the Cape Cod Rail Trail for biking. Camping and parking are available in the park. The Brewster
section of the Old Kings Highway is noted for its antique shops and an antique windmill.
Kings Highway Museums
From Sandwich you can head south on the Old Kings Highway, a historic road that carried Henry
David Thoreau in 1849 on his way to Provincetown. Along the thirty or so miles south to Brewster you
will find antique galleries, the 1685 Benjamin Nye Homestead, the New England Fire and History
Museum, and the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.
Old Kings Highway Camping, Biking:
The Old Kings Highway goes south from Sandwich to Brewster. At Brewster find Nickerson State Park
and the Cape Cod Rail Trail for biking. Camping and parking are available in the park. The Brewster
section of the Old Kings Highway is noted for its antique shops and an antique windmill.
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Cape Cod Historic Places includes travel on the
Old Kings Highway to visit Museums. Cape Cod
Historic Museums start in Sandwich, Cape Cod
and continue south in small villages on the
historic highway.
Old Kings Highway to visit Museums. Cape Cod
Historic Museums start in Sandwich, Cape Cod
and continue south in small villages on the
historic highway.
Before heading south on the Old Kings Highway, go a few miles east of the Heritage Museum and Gardens,
Nearby, find the village of Bourne where you can step back before colonial times with a visit to the 1627
Aptucxet Trading Post Museum, site of the country’s first private commercial enterprise. Here the early
settlers traded with the Native Americans using wampum, a native currency made from clam shells. The
park also has a replica Dutch windmill, built as a studio for 19th Century actor and painter Joseph
Jefferson. Also nearby find the private rail station built in 1893 for Jefferson's fishing buddy and
summer resident President Grover Cleveland.
Nearby, find the village of Bourne where you can step back before colonial times with a visit to the 1627
Aptucxet Trading Post Museum, site of the country’s first private commercial enterprise. Here the early
settlers traded with the Native Americans using wampum, a native currency made from clam shells. The
park also has a replica Dutch windmill, built as a studio for 19th Century actor and painter Joseph
Jefferson. Also nearby find the private rail station built in 1893 for Jefferson's fishing buddy and
summer resident President Grover Cleveland.
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Getting to Cape Cod:
Boston is the nearest large city to Cape Cod.
Cape Air, a small commuter airlines serves Hyannis Airport and Provincetown Airport on Cape Cod
from Boston. Flights are also available from Providence and New Bedford. US Airways Express, and
Linear Air (Hanscom Field Bedford Ma)
cross the Cape Cod Canal. Continue on Route 6 for all locations on Cape Cod or turn east to Route 6A
for the slower scenic route through the villages. Routes 6 and 6A join in Orleans and go to the tip of
Cape Cod.
Bus Service and Logan Direct serve Hyannis.
Bonanza Bus Lines serves Bourne, Falmouth, and the Wood's Hole Ferry from Logan Airport
Bicycles can go aboard.
A fast cat boat and a slower conventional passenger boat make trips from Boston. Bicycles permitted
A passenger boat makes a daily run from Plymouth, MA to Provincetown, bikes allowed on board.
Boston is the nearest large city to Cape Cod.
- Flights
Cape Air, a small commuter airlines serves Hyannis Airport and Provincetown Airport on Cape Cod
from Boston. Flights are also available from Providence and New Bedford. US Airways Express, and
Linear Air (Hanscom Field Bedford Ma)
- Auto
cross the Cape Cod Canal. Continue on Route 6 for all locations on Cape Cod or turn east to Route 6A
for the slower scenic route through the villages. Routes 6 and 6A join in Orleans and go to the tip of
Cape Cod.
- Bus service
Bus Service and Logan Direct serve Hyannis.
Bonanza Bus Lines serves Bourne, Falmouth, and the Wood's Hole Ferry from Logan Airport
- Boat
Bicycles can go aboard.
A fast cat boat and a slower conventional passenger boat make trips from Boston. Bicycles permitted
A passenger boat makes a daily run from Plymouth, MA to Provincetown, bikes allowed on board.
Where Is Cape Cod
Fifteen large towns and many small villages make up Cape Cod.
which includes Falmouth and Mashpee.
Hyannis Airport
Fifteen large towns and many small villages make up Cape Cod.
- Upper Cape:
which includes Falmouth and Mashpee.
- Mid Cape
Hyannis Airport
- Lower Cape
- Outer Cape
