Road Trip to Dennis, MA

Road Trip to
Dennis
BASS RIVER
hen you cross into Dennis, a more peaceful Cape Cod
emerges. Stately sea captains’ houses, rambling summer
houses, artists’ studios and rich history all comprise part of
Dennis’ charm.
The quiet residential villages of Dennis and East Dennis run along
Route 6A and Cape Cod Bay; West Dennis and Dennis Port lie to
the south along Nantucket Sound. The town’s commercial hub of
South Dennis is central to each of these villages, with easy access
to Routes 134 and 6.
Dennis itself extends west and east from the junction of Route 6A
and Old Bass River Road, just past the gazebo on the town’s village
green. From its mix of residences and commercial offices, housed
primarily in period buildings, to its glorious bay beaches, Dennis is
a charmer.
PAUL SCHARFF
CAPE PLAYHOUSE
PAUL SCHARFF
38
CAPE COD TRAVEL GUIDE « 2021
2021
There are ample calm bay beaches—Chapin, Mayflower, Bayview
and Corporation Beaches—wonderful seaside haunts to be
explored and relished.
Just minutes from these beaches, the renowned Cape Playhouse
brings stars of stage and screen to Cape Cod every summer. What
started in the 1920s as a way for actors to escape the unyielding
heat of New York City summers has turned into a New England
tradition, and is often referred to as the “Birthplace of the Stars.”
Legends such as Bette Davis, Julie Andrews, Humphrey Bogart
and Gregory Peck have graced the stage. Also at the playhouse
campus, known as the Cape Cod Center for the Arts, sit the Cape
Cod Museum of Art and the art deco-style Cape Cinema.
On the far side of Sesuit Harbor is East Dennis. Primarily residential
in nature, the village has been protected from overdevelopment.
Crowes Pasture, featuring 1½ miles of dirt roads through open
capecodchamber.org

Paperturn flip book viewer