Yarmouth, Massachusetts:
(Derived from various state and town sources*)
Yarmouth, incorporated in 1639, is located in the mid-Cape area, about 65 miles southwest of Provincetown and 23 miles east of the Cape Cod Canal. It is one of those Cape towns that extend from Cape Cod Bay on the north across the peninsula south to Nantucket Sound. The most striking physical features of the town are the result of glaciations; the low round hills on the north side of town were created by the leading edge of the glacier as it pushed the land before it. The flat sandy terrain of the southern part of town is the apron of material that was washed out
from the glacial ice. Yarmouth is a member of the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District and has five public schools located in the town. At a college level, the Cape Cod Community College offers enrollment in its full-time two year programs as well as in its continuing education program. There are three libraries within the town. Keeping pace with the growth on Cape Cod is the growth of professional and community music, art, dance and theater groups, some of them located in Yarmouth. The community enjoys a variety of recreational programs as well as the town's fifteen public saltwater beaches, five freshwater beaches and two municipal golf courses.

Yarmouth at a glance ...

Population (year round)	Tax rates ( 2000 )	Map (of Yarmouth)	Town Hall (phone #)
21,595	$13.06	Click Here	(508) 398-2231

Location

Southeastern Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Bordered by Cape Cod Bay on the north, Dennis on the east, Nantucket Sound on the south, and Barnstable on the west. Yarmouth is 48 miles east of New Bedford, 75 miles southeast of Boston, and 257 miles from New York City.

Transportation

Cape Cod Area Transit Information Line :
An automated line for information on bus and steamship schedules, and fares. (508) 771-6191

Cape Cod Airports:

Bus and Trolley service:

• Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (Seasonal trolley service in Cape towns) 1-800-352-7155
• B-Bus Service (ride by appointment serving the entire Cape) 1-800-352-7155
• Plymouth and Brockton Street Railway (with routes , Plymouth, Brockton, Plymouth, Hyannis, Provincetown, Boston & Logan Airport) 508-746-0378

Ferry Service:

• Hy-Line (Hyannis, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard) 508-778-2600
• Island Queen (Falmouth and Martha's Vineyard) 508-548-4800
• Steamship Authority (Woods Hole and Martha's Vineyard; Hyannis and Nantucket, passenger and automobiles). 508-477-8600

Railroad

• Cape Cod Central Railroad (scenic and excursion) 508-771- 3800

Public Schools

Dennis - Yarmouth school district

• Supt. of Schools: 508-398-7605
• Dennis Yarmouth Regional High School: 508-398-7630
• Ezra Baker: 508-398-7690
• John Simpkins: 508-398-7680
• Marquerite E Small: 508-778-7975
• Mattacheese Middle School: 508-778-7979
• Nathaniel H Wixon: 508-398-7697
• South Yarmouth School: 508-398-7685
• Station Ave. Elementary: 508-760-5600

Recreational Facilities

• Camp Greenough BSA (270 acres) baseball/softball, bicycling, boating-non motor, camping, fresh water fishing, fresh water swimming, hiking, nature observing, picnicking, target archery, walking/jogging
• Town Wellfields (255 acres) hiking Bayberry Hills Golf Course (200 acres) bicycling, golf, walking/jogging
• Callery-Darling Conservation Area (198 acres) hiking, nature observing, hiking, hunting, nature observing, walking/jogging
• Bass River Golf Course (121 acres) cross country skiing, golf, walking/jogging
• Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School (110 acres) baseball/softball, football/soccer, general play, organized event, other-team, tennis, walking/jogging
• Conservation Land (83 acres) hiking, hunting, nature observing, walking/jogging
• Mattacheese Middle School (77 acres) baseball/softball, basketball, football/soccer, general play, organized event, other-team, picnicking, tennis, walking/jogging
• Beaches for information on some great Cape Cod beaches click HERE
• Golf for information on Cape Cod golf courses click HERE

Health Facilities

• Hospitals -  Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis (508) 771-1800

  Long Term Care Mayflower Place Nursing Center

• Windsor Nursing & Retirement Home
• Hospice Association of Cape Cod, Inc

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Places of Worship

• Bass River Community Baptist Church, 84 Old Main Street, S. Yarmouth: 394-4904 
• Evangelical Baptist Church, Route 28 at Pond Street, S. Yarmouth: 398-3531 
• First Congregational Church of Yarmouth, Route 6A, Yarmouthport: 362-3161
• New Testament Baptist Church, 491 Higgins Crowell Road, West Yarmouth: 771-3276 
• Our Lady of the Highway, Route 28, South Yarmouth: 398-6623 
• Quaker Meeting House, 58 North Main Street, South Yarmouth: 896-7570 
• Sacred Heat Church, Yarmouthport: 775-0818 
• St. David's Episcopal Church, 205 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth: 394-4222 
• St. Pius X Church, Station Avenue, South Yarmouth: 398-6623 
• United Methodist Church, 322 Main Street, South Yarmouth: 398-9482 
• West Yarmouth Congregational Church, Route 28, West Yarmouth: 775-0891
  
   

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