Your base camp for all of it.
Most Cape Cod houses put you somewhere. Bayberry puts you everywhere.
Yarmouth sits at the geographic center of the Cape - which means Provincetown is under an hour north, Chatham is 25 minutes east, and the National Seashore is 30 minutes in any direction. You're never stuck at one end of the peninsula, and nothing feels like a commitment.
But you don't even have to get in the car. The Cape Cod Rail Trail runs directly past the house - 25 miles of car-free path through pine forest, past ponds, and straight into the heart of the Cape. Bikes are easy to rent nearby. And for a slower morning, Bayberry Golf Course is literally across the street.
Some guests leave every day and come back exhausted. Others barely move. Both are correct.
The Beaches
Four beaches within twelve minutes. Each one different.
Gray's Beach - 7 min. Less a swimming beach than an experience. The Bass Hole boardwalk stretches out over the tidal marsh toward the bay, and the sunset walk is one of the best things you can do on the Cape. Go in the evening.
Mayflower Beach - 12 min. Come at low tide. The water recedes for what feels like a mile and you can walk out into the bay in six inches of water. Bring the kids, or just go for the novelty of it.
Seagull Beach - 10 min. The classic Cape beach day. Ocean side, waves, the whole thing.
Bass River Beach - 9 min. The full-service option - bathhouse, concessions, big parking lot. The right call when you want everything in one place.
Eat & Drink
Five minutes north on Route 6A puts you in Yarmouth Port - one of the most intact historic villages on the Cape and a genuinely good place to eat.
Lighthouse Keeper's Pantry
Your first stop every morning. Coffee, breakfast sandwiches, and a gourmet food shop run by a former Martha Stewart product developer who moved back to her hometown and started making jam. Pick up a jar of something on your way out.
Jack's Outback
Tucked behind the shops on 6A, cash only, homemade popovers, and a Golden Retriever who greets you at the door. A local institution that doesn't advertise itself. Worth finding.
Old Yarmouth Inn
Dinner in a wood-paneled tavern that's been open since 1696. Local seafood, excellent wine list, the kind of place where you linger. Make a reservation.
Chapter House
Adirondack chairs, a fire pit, and craft cocktails. The right place to end up on a summer evening before dinner reservations or when nobody wants the night to be over yet.