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Check out July 4th celebrations around Cape Cod

Celebrate the Fourth!

Barnstable-West Barnstable

The July 4thParade and Celebration commences at 9 a.m. at the County Complex on Railroad Avenue, proceeds down Main Street; left onto Mill Way and continues to the Village Hollow where it ends for various activities.

Bourne

The parade starts from the east end of Main Street, Buzzards Bay, Monday at 10 a.m. Buses will provide transportation to Main Street from the Gallo Ice Arena at Sandwich Road. Return trips to the rink will be run until 30 minutes after the parade ends. For details, check ww.bourneonthefourthofjuly.org.

Centerville

Parade starts at 10 a.m. July 4. The parade will form on the grounds of Centerville Elementary School and proceed up Bay Lane, take a right onto Bumps River Road; left onto Park Avenue; right onto Main Street; and continue to the Centerville Recreation Building where it will end.

Chatham

The parade begins at 9:30 a.m.,from Main Street at Shore Road westbound to Main Street at Crowell Road.

Cotuit

Parade starting at 11:30 a.m. July 4. The parade will begin at the Cotuit Post Office, proceed down School Street to Main Street; left on Main Street to the rear entrance of the Cotuit Elementary School, where it will end.

Falmouth

Beginning at the Village Green at 10 a.m., the parade heads down Main Street and Shore Street Extension to Mullen Hall. Fireworks Monday, July 4, dusk, Falmouth Heights Beach, Grand Avenue. 92.7,WMVY will air the music that accompanies the show.

Hyannisport

The parade starts at 11 a.m. July 4 and will begin at the Hyannisport Post Office on Longwood Avenue; left onto Washington Avenue; right onto Lafayette Avenue; left onto Winchester Avenue; left onto Scudder Avenue; and continue onto Dale Avenue to the West Beach Club, where it will end. A Road Race starting at 9 a.m. at Hyannisport Post Office precedes the parade.

Hyannis

The parade begins at 4 p.m. July 4. Kids are welcome to join in with their decorated bikes. Meet at the Village Green Band stand at 3 p.m. to participate. Parade marchers will queue up on Old Colony Road to Ocean Street. Parade begins at Ocean and Main Street and ends at Sea Street. Immediately following the Hyannis Parade, the Barnstable Town Band will play a free concert on the Hyannis Village Green from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The Cape Cod Conservatory Jazz Ensemble will perform a free concert on Aselton Park at 7 p.m. until dusk.

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All inclusive travel agency and tour operator for vacation, cruises, special occasions, or just to get away. Join us on our specialty ecotourism and photographic tours! Learn to photograph nature and scenery! We are planning tours and expeditions to National Parks, Lighthouses, Seaside Locations and other venues. Take home lasting memories in pictures and enjoy nature! We have specialists in Disney, Hawaii, Alaska and Cruise Lines! Contact us today so you can get packing! Planning on visiting other national parks in a year? The Interagency Annual pass is available for $80 online and at all national parks. A pass is your ticket to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites. Each pass covers entrance fees at national parks and national wildlife refuges as well as standard amenity fees at national forests and grasslands, and at lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation. A pass covers entrance and standard amenity fees for a driver and all passengers in a personal vehicle at per vehicle fee areas (or up to four adults at sites that charge per person). Children age 15 or under are admitted free.  http://www.nps.gov/findapark/passes.htm Coast Guard Beach is a prime swimming beach during the summer season (mid-June to Labor Day) and surfers frequent it year-round. It is a great place to observe and photograph wildlife such as shore birds (including nesting plovers and terns that frequent this area in the early spring to early summer), seals, and whales. The entrance to the beach is located behind the old Coast Guard Station. The parking area at this location is closed to all but park staff and visitors who are disabled during season, and access is provided by shuttle bus from the Little Creek parking area. The parking lot at Coast Guard Beach is open the remainder of the year. There are seasonal restrooms and a wheelchair-accessible ramp to the beach. One mile north of Coast Guard Beach on Ocean View Drive is Nauset Light Beach. The Nauset Lighthouse is across the street and makes for a great photo op!  There is a large parking lot here that is managed by the NP, and be warned that the lot fills up early in the day. We cued in line for about an hour until parking became available at 11 AM. The rangers here were very helpful in directing people to parking spaces.

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