Explore Sandwich, MA

DAN’L WEBSTER INN & SPA
Sandwich today comprises 42 square miles
and the villages of Sandwich, East Sandwich
and Forestdale. Contemporary Sandwich
is punctuated by rows of prim weathered
clapboard homes and Greek Revival houses
set amidst shade trees. Historic Route 6A
winds through Sandwich, featuring great
shops, restaurants, antiquing and galleries
along its way.
FISHERMEN’S VIEW SEAFOOD
MARKET & RESTAURANT
The iconic Sandwich Boardwalk, originally
built in 1875 crosses Mill Creek, crosses low
dunes and a marsh that is home to aquatic
wildlife and a variety of shorebirds. In addition
to these scenic views, people walking the
boardwalk find themselves riveted by the
personalized engraved messages on almost
every plank, the result of a fundraising effort
to rebuild the boardwalk following Hurricane
Bob in 1991.
A short drive away, the Cape Cod Canal
Visitor Center is a great way to explore Cape
Cod Canal’s rich history through interactive
exhibits and activities. Visitors can board a
retired 40-foot patrol boat, scan live radar
and camera monitors to locate vessels, and
discover wildlife that live in or around the
canal. The views are Insta-ready!
HERITAGE MUSEUMS & GARDENS
Anyone with a love for the great outdoors will
delight in Sandwich’s miles of hiking trails,
which wind along marshes, ponds, cranberry
bogs and creeks, and through woodlands
with some of the state’s oldest pitch pines.
Among them are Boyden Farm Conservation
Lands, Maple Swamp Conservation Area,
Ryder Conservation Land, Scorton Creek trails
and the Shawme-Crowell State Forest.
Sandwich is governed by an open town
meeting form of government and led by a
town manager and five-member elected
board of selectmen. The town offers a public
library right on Main Street, and its public
school system includes an elementary
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CAPE COD TRAVEL GUIDE « 2021
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