Everything in Falmouth

Patriot Party Boats — Deep Sea Fishing

40+ years of open-boat offshore fishing out of Falmouth Marine Park. The Islander and Patriot Too run 4-hour and 6-hour bottom-fishing trips daily — no full charter required, just buy a seat alongside other anglers and keep what you catch.

Shining Sea Bikeway

Easy · 10.7 mi · Paved

The only Cape Cod rail trail that hugs the seashore — 10.7 paved miles from North Falmouth to Woods Hole through marshes, ponds, cranberry bogs and along Vineyard Sound. Named for Falmouth native Katharine Lee Bates, who wrote 'America the Beautiful.'

Woods Hole Science Aquarium

Explore the country's oldest public aquarium, where touch tanks let little hands meet crabs and sea stars and rescued harbor seals live outside. Daily seal Q&A sessions.

Old Silver Beach

Bay / Sound

Falmouth's most popular beach — warm, calm Buzzards Bay water, a tidal sandbar kids love, lifeguards and a snack bar. The sunsets here are the classic Falmouth view.

Long Pond / Falmouth Town Forest

Easy · Natural trail

Quiet woodland trails around Long Pond (a town drinking-water pond) in the Falmouth Town Forest, linked to the Shining Sea Bikeway across Palmer Avenue.

Chapoquoit Beach

Bay / Sound

West Falmouth favorite on Buzzards Bay (locals call it 'Chappy') — warm water, big sunsets, and a steady breeze that draws windsurfers and kite-flyers.

Megansett Beach

Bay / Sound

Sheltered North Falmouth beach on Buzzards Bay beside a small harbor — calm, shallow water and a quiet, local, family feel.

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Trails

Easy · 3.5 mi · Natural trail

A network of nature trails through the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve on the Mashpee-Falmouth border. Paths traverse salt marsh edges, pine barrens, and coastal shrubland with views over Waquoit Bay. Excellent birding year-round and educational signage throughout.