Location: Cape Cod < Massachusetts < USA
Nearest Ferry:
Freedom Cruise Line Ferry at 7
Miles
Nearest Beach:
beach at 0.2
Miles
Car: not necessary
The town of Chatham is located at the southeast tip of Massachusetts and halfway down the 75 mile-long Cape Cod peninsula. If the Cape is viewed as a bent arm, Chatham is at the elbow. We're surrounded on three sides by ocean so it's natural then, that activities here tend to center around the water. To the east is the open Atlantic Ocean, to the south is the calmer and warmer Nantucket Sound, and to the north is the protected embayment of Pleasant Bay.
In addition to its beach culture our town defines itself as a true 'walking town.' The downtown is cohesively laid out so that once your car is parked everthing is available within easy strolling distance.There are enough intriguing shops and eateries to suit the whole family for an entire day off the beach. The Chatham Lighthouse and nearby Lighthouse Beach, the fish pier, Chatham Seaside Links and Kate Gould Park's Friday night band concerts are all not to be missed.