1. Cranberry Valley Golf Course
City: Harwich, MA
Category: Golf
Telephone: (508) 430-5234
Address: 183 Oak St.
Description: After 17 holes, you are faced with an interesting 18th at Cranberry Valley: a par 5 double dogleg right that looks like a bent-open horseshoe. The first three holes on the back side have water. Cranberry Valley features 6,745 yards and a 129 slope from the back tees. But, like Dennis Pines, this course loses more than 1,200 yards when you move to the front tees, making it suitable for many skill levels. On-site are a driving range, a putting green, a pro shop, and a 6,000-square-foot clubhouse. Tee times are required in season and can be made up to 10 days in advance. Those who prepay can reserve a tee time after March 1 for the rest of the year. Clubs and cart rentals are available. Greens fees are $64 in season and $18 per person per 18 holes for a cart. Off-season greens fees for 18 holes drop to $38 weekdays and $54 weekends ($38 on weekends Nov through mid-Dec). The course is open year-round, but temporary greens are in effect from Dec through the beginning of Mar.
2. Fontaine Medical Center
City: Harwich, MA
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (508) 432-4100
Address: 525 Long Pond Dr.
Description: This medical center provides comprehensive care for everything from fractures to hives. Hours vary seasonally. The center accepts most insurance and major credit cards.
3. Raspberries
City: Harwich, MA
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (508) 432-1180, (800) 368-1180
Address: 30 Earle Rd.
Description: This is an ideal place to go for breakfast, especially for hearty appetites. The breakfast buffet here is bountiful and affordable. Indulge in pancakes, scrambled eggs, French toast, home fries, eggs Benedict, ham, quiche, pastries, muffins, fresh fruit . . . the list goes on and on. Raspberries is open for breakfast from mid-June through mid-Sept.
4. Twenty-Eight Atlantic At Thewequassett Inn
City: Harwich, MA
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (508) 430-3000
Address: 2173 Rte 28
Description: This place is posh and serves sophisticated New England cuisine with international touches and views of Pleasant Bay. Try appetizers like the Chatham “day boat” scallops or entrees such as the caramelized black cod with candied fennel-onion fricassee and lobster fumet. They also have some of the more inventive vegetarian options around. Reservations are accepted, and dress is “smart casual.” Twenty-Eight Atlantic is open year-round for lunch and dinner.
5. Harwich Council On Aging
City: Harwich, MA
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (508) 430-7550
Address: 100 Oak St.
6. Harwich House
City: Harwich, MA
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (800) 529-5291
Address: 26 Pleasant Lake Ave.
Description: This retirement community, located near the junction of Routes 124 and 39, offers 18 one- and two-bedroom condominium units. The facility provides a dining room where dinner is served for a nominal fee. Staff nurses are available 24 hours a day. Each unit is privately owned. There is a common room with laundry facilities for those who still enjoy doing their own laundry. For a monthly fee you can choose what additional services you need, such as housekeeping, personalized health care, concierge services, and more.
7. Brooks Academy Museum
City: Harwich, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 432-8089
Address: 80 Parallel St. (at Routes 124 and 39)
Description: The Harwich Historical Society operates this museum, which is named for its builder, Sidney Brooks. It offers a comprehensive exhibit on cranberry history and culture in addition to collections of Native American artifacts; Sandwich glass; early tools, implements, and toys; and historical documents, including genealogical information. Brooks Academy was known in the 1840s as the Pine Grove Seminary and was one of the first schools of navigation in the country. The building was sold to the town of Harwich in 1869 and used as a public school. The museum offers scheduled walking tours during the season and in the off-season by appointment. Admission is free, but donations are welcomed.
8. Bud’S Go-Karts
City: Harwich, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 432-4964
Address: 364 Sisson Rd.
Description: Unique to the Lower Cape, this long-established go-kart center, easy to find on the corner of Route 28 and Sisson Road, rings all summer with the delighted shrieks and shouts of children going fast and loving it. You can get on the course for $6. In the summer it’s open daily from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m..