Sports and Recreation Tips

Even if you don't run yourself or enjoy watching others, you might want to check the schedule of road races anyway. As many cross the major traffic routes of the Cape, you may encounter a nasty traffic jam if you happen to be out on the day of a major race.

In addition to baseball, Massachusetts Maritime Academy hosts other sporting events, such as football, volleyball, and cross-country. Home football games are held at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Taylor's Point, in Buzzards Bay. For schedules, call Mass Maritime at (508) 830-5000, or check the Cape Cod Times sports section.

The Boys and Girls Club of Cape Cod, located on Mass. Rt. 151 in Mashpee, offers structured and unstructured activities for kids ages 6 to 18 from 9 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday. They've got a teen room, computer room, game room with pool tables and ping pong, an arts and crafts room, and they offer league play and weekly field trips. The cost is $10 per child for the summer months; another $10 membership fee is charged for the September-to-June school year, when activities are offered from 3 PM to 8 PM.

Bikes and rollerblades are everywhere, especially on the Shining Sea Bike Path, from Falmouth to Woods Hole and the Cape Rail Trail, from Dennis to Wellfleet. Another popular spot is along Ocean Drive in Wellfleet. Park your vehicle in the lot behind the Wellfleet General Store on U.S. Rt. 6 and skate or bike down LeCounts Hollow Road until it turns into Ocean Drive, a mile from the intersection of U.S. Rt. 6 and LeCounts Hollow Road. You can only turn north, and the newly paved road takes you along the dunes of the Atlantic Ocean, which are called Four Mile Beach and Surfer's Beach.

Bikes and rollerblades are everywhere, especially on the Shining Sea Bike Path, from Falmouth to Woods Hole and the Cape Rail Trail, from Dennis to Wellfleet. Another popular spot is along Ocean Drive in Wellfleet. Park your vehicle in the lot behind the Wellfleet General Store on U.S. Rt. 6 and skate or bike down LeCounts Hollow Road until it turns into Ocean Drive, a mile from the intersection of U.S. Rt. 6 and LeCounts Hollow Road. You can only turn north, and the newly paved road takes you along the dunes of the Atlantic Ocean, which are called Four Mile Beach and Surfer's Beach.

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