The Mid Cape Cod town of Dennis (pop. 13,734) includes Dennisport,
East, West & South Dennis
:: Dennis
Points of Interest
Cape Playhouse, Cape Museum of Fine
Arts, Scargo Hill & Tower, Josiah House Museum & Schoolhouse, Jericho
House Museum, Discovery Days Children's Museum, Hockum Rocks, Bay & Sound
Beaches, Bass River, Cape Cod Rail Trail.
About Dennis
Dennis offers easy
accessibility to all of Cape Cod and has beaches on both the North and South
sides. Historic Dennis along Rte. 6A offers antiques and many of Cape
Cod's nicer gift shops. There is a diversity of dining in Dennis, with
everything from family-style Ye Olde Seafood-type restaurants to upscale
cuisine. Dennis also has some of the best public golf courses on the Cape, and
several fishing charters in Sesuit Harbor. It's an all-around versatile town
for both first-time and experienced Cape Cod vacationers.
History
One of the few bi-coastal
towns on the Cape, Dennis was incorporated in 1793. The town is named for the
area's first appointed minister, Rev. Josiah Dennis. In 1816 town resident
Henry Hall found that sand which had blown onto his cranberry vines made for a
sturdier and larger fruit. It was this discovery that was the catalyst for
cranberry farming to become a big business on Cape Cod.
The panoramic views atop Scargo
Tower in Dennis, MA are not to be missed!
Beaches
- Chapin Memorial: Dr. Bottero Road from New Boston Road off Route
6A
- Cold Storage: Cold Storage Road from School Street, off Route 6A
- Corporation: Corporation Road off Route 6A
- Harborview: Sesuit Neck and Harbor Road off Bridge Street, from Route
6A
- Howes Street: Howes Street from Seaside Avenue, off Route 6A
- Mayflower: Dunes Road off Bayview Road, off Route 6A
- Scargo: Dr. Lord Road off Route 6A
- Sea Street: Sea Street off South Street, off Route 6A
- Princess: off Scargo Hill Road, off 6A
- Depot Street: Depot Street off Lower County Road
- Glendon Street: Old Wharf Road off Lower County Road
- Haigis: Old Wharf Road off Lower County Road
- Inman Road: Inman Road off Lower County Road
- Raycroft: off Old Wharf Road, off Lower County Road
- South Village: South Village Road off Lower County Road
Places of Worship
- Cape Cod Pentecostal Academy Church of the Nazarene
- Community Church Congregational Church
- Dennis Union Church, Route 6A
- Evangelical Free Church of East Dennis
- New Christian Life Center
- Our Lady of the Annunciation
Museums
- 1736 Josiah Dennis Manse, Nobscusset Road & Whig Street
- 1801 Jericho House & Barn Museum, Old Main Street & Trotting
Park Road
- Cape Museum of Fine Arts, on the grounds of Cape Playhouse, Route
6A
Libraries
- Dennis Memorial Library: 508-385-2255
- Jacob Sears Memorial Library: 508-385-8151
- South Dennis Free Public Library: 508-394-8954
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