1. First Congregational Church
City: Wellfleet, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 349-6877
Address: 200 Main St.
Description: This church holds the distinction of being the only church in the world known to keep ship’s time, thus revealing Wellfleet’s proud history as a seafaring town. For those not familiar with ship’s time, the 24-hour day is divided up into six four-hour segments, representing a four-hour watch on board a ship. The first watch begins at 12 and concludes at 4, when the second watch begins. On each half hour during the watch, the bells chime: one bell at 12:30, two bells at 1, three bells at 1:30, and so on until eight bells are chimed and then the cycle begins again. Wellfleet’s First Congregational Church was built in 1850 and contains an 1873 Hook and Hastings organ. Call to arrange a visit.
City: Wellfleet, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 266 Main St.
City: Wellfleet, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 291 U.S. Rte. 6
4. Wellfleet Oyster Fest
City: Wellfleet, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Description: Organizers expect 100,000 local Wellfleet oysters to be consumed during the festival’s 3-day run, and you can do your part by sampling from among the many types of succulent bivalves available from the dozen different raw bar tents. The festival’s signature event is the shuck-off, where you can expect to see high drama as both amateurs and professionals (fishermen, fishmongers, chefs) compete for cash—and local bragging rights. Held the 3rd weekend in Oct.
5. Great Island Trail
City: Wellfleet, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Description: This Wellfleet hike is a favorite for beach lovers who enjoy solitude. It’s a moderately strenuous 6-mile round-trip hike on a mostly sandy trail taking you through an extraordinary diversity of Cape Cod National Seashore scenery, including pitch pine–covered hills and tidal flats along the way to Jeremy Point at the ocean’s edge.