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Cape Cod Baseball League
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
A premier NCAA-sanctioned summer baseball league, CCBL plays in 10 cities on the Cape. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket and watch "the stars of tomorrow" play ball. The...
Baseball
Cape Cod Children's Museum
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
This isn't your typical museum -- it's an interactive adventure where your children can climb, make believe, and touch to their heart's content. This large space contains a life-size, bi...
Children's Museum
Cape Cod Rail Trail
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
This 22-mile rail trail (a stretch of former train tracks that once connected Provincetown to Boston) runs from Dennis to Wellfleet. It's an ideal path for families -- it's flat...
Bicycling
Swimming
Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Half the fun of this nature excursion is getting there. You have to take a ferry from Edgartown to get to the island of Chappaquiddick. Then, open-air trucks that...
Jeep Tour
Wildlife Sanctuary
Scenic Landmark
The Captain Penniman House
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
What was it like to be a whaling captain on the high seas? Find out while touring Captain Edward Penniman's house, built in the French Second Empire style in 1868...
History Museum
Cartwheel Go-Karts
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Although you'll have to battle the traffic on Route 28, the go-karts and batting cages at Cartwheels are worth it (even the locals admit to begging to go as...
Go-Cart
Arcade / Game Room
Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park
Boston, Massachusetts
This friendly neighborhood park, where you're more likely to find locals than tourists, is located behind the New England Aquarium in the North End. In addition to an elaborate play...
Scenic Landmark
Park
Coonamessett Farm
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Get your hands (and knees) dirty while picking your own vegetables, herbs, berries, and flowers at this 20-acre farm. Then head to the petting zoo, where you can get...
Farm
Nature Center
Dolphin Fleet of Provincetown
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
When you take your child out whale watching, you'll hold your breath hoping to see something, anything -- a fin, tale, even a spout of water will do. Imagine the magic...
Whale Watching
Expedition Whydah Sea Lab and Learning Center
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
If the words "shipwreck," "piracy," and "sunken treasure" arouse a smile from your children, then Whydah Sea Lab and Learning Center is a must-visit in Provincetown. The Whydah -- once...
Science & Nature Museum
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