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10,000
Some 20,000 guests take in shows at
Learn about the 12-month process
Nearly 10,000 guests attend the
the Harwich Junior Theater every year.
required to grow and harvest Cape
Harwich Cranberry Arts and
Performances in 2015 include “Ramona
Cod’s best known fruit: the cranberry.
Music Festival every year. Local
Quimby” and “The Great American
The Cape Farm and Cranberry
bands take the stage and artisan
Trailer Park Musical.”
Company hosts bog tours daily, April
crafts are on display. September
through November.
19-20 in Brooks Park.
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The Harwich Conservation Trust
1953
The Harwich Historical Society has
Schoolhouse Ice Cream and Yogurt
oversees 615 acres of protected
been chronicling the town’s unique
offers 55 flavors of homemade ice
wilderness in town. Visit
history since 1953. The society’s
cream including Red Sox-centric
harwichconservationtrust.org to see the
collection, housed at the Brooks
Cherry Remy, Brady Bunch Crunch
different properties and map out your
Academy Museum, includes a sweet
(after the Patriots QB) and cranberry
next trail adventure.
cranberry exhibit.
bog.
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The Wequassett Resort and Golf
Par for Harwich’s 18-hole Cranberry
Cowboy up! Former Red Sox slugger,
Club offers 120 lavish guest rooms,
Valley Golf Course is a score of 72.
Kevin Millar, played for the Harwich
four restaurants, two pools and two
The course was the site of the 2014
Mariners of the Cape League for
beaches—and endless views of scenic
Massachusetts Golf Association’s
one season (1992). Be sure to catch a
Pleasant Bay.
Amateur Public Links Championship.
Mariners game this summer.
Four
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The Harwich Farmers Market offers
Dancing in the street is encouraged
Cape-grown produce and locally made
at the Harwichport Musical Stroll. On
products for 18 weeks from mid-June
four Wednesdays in July and August,
to mid-October. Held at Brooks Park on
five bands play simultaneously at spots
Thursdays from 3-6 p.m.
between Bank and South Streets.
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250, $15
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The Saquatucket Municipal Harbor
Red River Beach is the town’s largest
Marina has berths for 190 motorboats,
beach with lifeguards and bathroom
charter fishing boats, and sailboats;
facilities available in summer. The
short-term visitor slips are also
parking lot has spaces for 250 cars and
available.
a pass ($15) is required.
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Harwich has four harbors, but just one—
Round Cove—is natural. Wychmere,
Allen, and Saquatucket harbors were
once ponds, or marshes that were
dredged out to Nantucket Sound.
Harwich is home to 22 freshwater
ponds, including Sand Pond, Long
Pond Beach, Fernandes Bog, and
Wixon Memorial Beach.
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