Cape Cod Historic Places, Travel,
Plymouth Pilgrim's 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.
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.
If you have bicycles you can bring them aboard for a boat cruise across Cape
Cod Bay and a bicycle ride through Provincetown’s quirky art colony. From the
former fishing village of Provincetown you can ride to the paved trails through the
National Seashore’s Provincelands dunes, the place where the Pilgrims of Miles
Standish and John Alden had first landed.
The colonists found no water on the peninsula of towering dunes so they sailed
across the bay to Plymouth. To get a good view of that bay climb the stairs of the
252-foot monument honoring the pilgrims where you can see all the way to
Plymouth and beyond.
All of this history is located in a tight circle which also encompasses several full-service RV parks and
includes four limited-service State RV parks, one with an ocean beach and bicycle trail. (See below for  
Parks with websites and email contact info.)

Plimoth Plantation  www.plimoth.org/  A recreated village of the first settlement in the year 1627 where
costumed guides interpret history

Holly Ridge Golf Course Sandwich
Round Hill Country Club Sandwich
Sandwich Hollows golf club www.sandwichhollows.com

www.capecanalchamber.org            www.capecodchamber.org
www.sandwichma.org

Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen, 6 discovery Hill RD. East Sandwich 02573    
1-508-888-6870  tburgess@capecod.net,   Nature trails

Thornton Burgess Museum, 4 Water St.,  Route 30,   Sandwich 02563,   1-508-888-4668  
tburgess@capecod.net

Cape Cod State Parks

Nickerson State Park,         508-896-3491
Brewster, Cape Cod,  MA
418 sites,  no hookups, dump station only  April-October  
historic sites, bike trails, beach nearby

Scusset Beach State Reservation             508-888-0859
Scusset Beach road, Sandwich, MA  
98 sites with elect and water hookups, dump station available, April -October
Winter camping for self-contained units   beach and bike trails

Myles Standish State Forest          508-866-2526
Plymouth, MA    
475 sites, no hookups, dump station only    April-October
Fresh water beach, bike trails

Shawme-Crowell State Forest,    508-888-0351
742 Acre Park,   285 Campsites, no hookups, dump station only
Rt 130, Sandwich, MA,     Beach and bike trails  

Private RV Parks:
Bayview Campgrounds, Rt. 28, Bourne, 1-508-759-7610 Full Hookup, www.bayviewcampground.com

Bourne Scenic Park, rt. 6 Buzzards Bay, 1-508-759-7873,
www.bournescenicpark.com

Cape Cod Campresort & Cabins, East Falmouth, 1-508-548-1458  www.capecampresort.com   full
hookups

Peters Pond RV Resort, Sandwich, MA    1-508-477-1775
Full hookups,    www.peterspond.com/

Link to Hiking and biking trails in the Sandwich area of Upper Cape Cod    
www.insidecapecod.com/main-hiking2.htm
Return 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 might even find an ancestor among the first pilgrims.  If not, you
are sure to find great legends and poignant stories to keep your imaginations
full of the struggles, the triumphs, and the love stories of the first settlers. At
every turn you will learn that they suffered much just to find shelter.  You might
wonder just how amazed John Alden and Priscilla Mullins might be if they
could see how we travel today.  They never had the luxury of traveling  just for
pleasure.  
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Cape Cod Historic Places for Travel in Plymouth
MA include the Pilgrim's Museums. The historic
town of Plymouth has Museums to the pilgrims, the
largest is Plimoth Plantation, a recreated village of
1627
Cape Cod Historic Places, Plymouth Pilgrim's Museums
Cape Cod Historic Places, Plymouth Pilgrim's first street, Leydon