Yankee's New England Adventures by Editors of Yankee Magazine

Author:Editors of Yankee Magazine
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781493034147
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: 2018-03-16T04:00:00+00:00

OAK BLUFFS GINGERBREAD COTTAGES, MARTHA’S VINEYARD

In the quiet world of whimsy officially known as the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association Campground, 19th-century homes outlined in perfectly painted filigree trim are set within a few feet from one another, looking for all the world like an immaculate dollhouse village. Most of the neighborhood’s 300-plus “gingerbread” cottages are shuttered during the island winter, but as summer approaches this enchanting community springs to life with walking tours, concerts, visiting speakers, family movie nights, and a world-famous lantern festival, the crowning event of the season. mvcma.org

POLLY HILL ARBORETUM, MARTHA’S VINEYARD

On an island known for its preservationist spirit, the Polly Hill Arboretum stands out. This 70-acre plot of walking paths, stone walls, rare trees, and woodlands was the brainchild of the late Polly Hill, a horticulturalist who over the course of 50 years introduced plants and shrubs from around the globe at her West Tisbury property. Today, Hill’s vision of a place that is both educational and inspirational endures. For the princely sum of $5, visitors can meander through its forest and meadows and discover the diversity and beauty that Hill spent half a century creating. 508-693-9426; pollyhillarboretum.org

’SCONSET VILLAGE, NANTUCKET

The village of ’Sconset is both a part of Nantucket and not. A mere 8 miles from the hustle and bustle of the island’s center, this former fishing community retains most of Nantucket’s older, sleepier charm. The Codfish Park fishermen’s shacks are now seaside cottages. There’s lunch and ice cream at the ’Sconset Café and snacks at the Siasconset Market. One of the prettiest strolls on the eastern seaboard is here, too, a bluff walk that takes visitors behind grand homes and alongside towering beach cliffs. When it concludes, you can retrace your steps back to the village center or follow Baxter Road for a postcard-perfect ending at Sankaty Head Lighthouse.

WELLFLEET BAY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, SOUTH WELLFLEET

Although the interior of Cape Cod is rich with cardinals, mockingbirds, goldfinches, and woodpeckers, it’s the coastal birds that draw many visitors here. Shorebirds by the thousands, returning from their Arctic breeding grounds, stop here each fall for much-needed respite and food as they fatten up for their journey south. The Massachusetts Audubon Society, which owns and maintains the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, claims to have spotted more than 250 different species on that property alone. If birds don’t move you, the sanctuary has 5 miles of trail ideal for wandering, and a bench overlooking the water at Goose Pond that’s one of the most serene spots on the Cape. 508-349-2615; massaudubon.org

WELLFLEET DRIVE-IN, WELLFLEET

When the Wellfleet Drive-In opened for business in 1957, the New England landscape teemed with outdoor theaters just like it. Today, the Wellfleet stands as an enduring marker of the era, the Cape’s sole remaining drive-in and one of only three left in Massachusetts. The scene is what you’d expect, with kids throwing footballs and Frisbees before dusk, and parents doing a preshow shuffle of lawn chairs and picnic blankets. Line up at the concession stand for the kind of movie fare nobody can get enough of.

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