October on Cape Cod is long-weekend season:
the Outermost Roots and Blues Festival at Nauset Beach, Wellfleet OysterFest, the Halloween Stroll in downtown Orleans, cranberry bog foliage, and seal cruises to Monomoy from Chatham!
Weekend getaways were invented for October on the Cape. Here is our proof!
- Outermost Friday Market, Orleans. Free, festive, and every Friday of the month.
- Roots and Blues Fest, Nauset Beach. Columbus Day weekend, music on the bluff over the Atlantic.
- Wellfleet OysterFest. The Cape's great shellfish party, 20 minutes from Orleans.
- Halloween Stroll, Orleans. Downtown fills with costumes and candy.
- Foliage and crimson cranberry bogs, Cape-wide. Leaf peeping, Cape style: the bogs flood red at harvest.
- Shuck N Run 5K at OysterFest, Wellfleet. Race day before the shucking starts.
- Antiquing at Nauset Vintage and more, Orleans. Hidden gems all over town.
- Great Island hike to Jeremy Point, Wellfleet. One of the great walks in New England. Check the tides; the point disappears at high water.
- Monomoy seal cruises from Chatham Fish Pier. Hundreds of curious gray seals at the wildlife refuge.
- Hike and bike Nickerson State Park, Brewster. Nineteen hundred acres of kettle ponds and pine trails.
It's truly the most wonderful time of year! If you're ready to stay, be our guest! Orleans Holiday House sleeps 10, with a hot tub for October nights. Book at www.orleansholidayhouse.com.
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