Wareham (Massachusetts)

Wareham is a town in Massachusetts at the head of Buzzards Bay. Wareham calls itself "The Gateway to Cape Cod" and is sometimes included as a Cape Cod town. It includes the villages of Onset, East Wareham and West Wareham.

Get in

By plane

Logan International Airport in Boston and T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, RI are about the same distance away. Boston has more flights, but also more traffic congestion.

By car

Wareham is easily accessible by Interstate 195 from the west, Interstate 495 from the north and Route 25 from Cape Cod.

Get around

Driving a car is the best way to get around here.
Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA)'s Onset-Wareham Link(OWL), +1-800-433-5995, (dead link: January 2023). Provides bus service M-F 7:55AM to 6:30PM, and Sa 8:50AM to 5:30PM.
Del's Taxi Cab Service, +1 508 295-0497.
Wareham Taxi Service, Phone: +1 508 295-5459.

See

World's Only Thermometer Museum, 49 Zarahemla Road, Onset Village, +1 508 295-5504. By appointment. Listed in Guinness Book of World Records. More than five thousand thermometers once were housed in Richard Porter's museum. In 2008 he gave 4,000 of them to Penn State's weather museum. About 1,000, including some of his favorites and some new-fangled ones are still here to see. Free
Wareham Gatemen, 54 Marion Road (Clem Spillane Field) (off Rt 6 at Viking Drive). Early Jun-mid Aug. Cape Cod Baseball League -- a 100 year old summer league that feeds many players to the major leagues.
Hy-Line Cruises Cape Cod Canal Cruises, Onset Bay Town Pier, +1 508 295-3383. Seasonal. Sightseeing, family, sunset cocktail, and Dixieland cruises. 2-3 hours. $5-17

Do

Water Wizz of Cape Cod, 3031 Cranberry Highway, +1 508 295-3255. Mid June-Labor day 10AM-6PM. Water park. $30; over 65 years or under 48 inches tall $15

Golf

Little Harbor Country Club, +1 508 295-2617. Little Harbor Rd. Public, 18 hole, 3038 yards, Par 56, Rating 54.4, Slope 79.
Bay Pointe Country Club, 19 Bay Pointe Dr, +1 508 759-8802. Onset.
Golf Shots Range & Learning Center, 123 Sandwich Road, +1 508 295-8773.

Buy

The "strip" along Cranberry Highway (Route 6) in East Wareham is the main commercial area. It was the former main route to Cape Cod before Route 25 was built from I-495 to the Bourne Bridge. Wal-Mart and many of the usual chain eateries are found along here.

Wareham Crossing, 2421 Cranberry Hwy (Rt 28) (Exit 21 I-195, then west), +1 617-232-8900. A "shopping village" with big box stores and smaller ones as well.
Willows Cranberries, 2667 Cranberry Hwy, +1 508 295-9990, Willows@capecod.net. Fresh cranberries, carefully harvested from family-owned bogs. The cranberry chutney features fresh whole berries and pure maple syrup.

Eat

Bailey's Surf & Turf, 3056 Cranberry Hwy, +1 508 295-1700. Opens 11:30AM. Lunch served until 6PM. Dinner $10-20
Cranberry Cottage, 246 Marion Rd, +1 508 291-1515.
Franca's Italian Restaurant, 3136 Cranberry Hwy, +1 508 759-2008.
The Gateway Tavern, 371 Marion Rd (Rt 6), +1 508 291-6040. Su noon-9PM, M-Th 11:30AM-9PM, F Sa 11:30AM-10PM. Family-friendly value type place.
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Lobster Pot, 3155 Cranberry Hwy, +1 508 759-3876.
Narrows Crossing, 1 Narrows Road, +1 508 295-9345.
Webster Hall Restaurant, 207 Main St. (Rt. 6, downtown), +1 508 295-0300.

Chinese

China Chef, 1 Depot Street, +1 508 295-1888.
Hongkong Island, Cranberry Hwy, +1 508 295-0524.
Woh Lun Restaurant, 172 Main St., +1 508 295-3122.
China Garden, 265 Marion Rd, +1 508 295-7792.

Drink

Shooters Bar and Grille, 2691 Cranberry Hwy, +1 508 295-6666. Popular sports bar.

Sleep

Motels

Atlantic Motel, 7 Depot Street, +1 508 295-0210. $90-250 in season
Briarwood Beach Motel, Rt. 6, +1 508 295-2766.
Rosewood Motel, 3115 Cranberry Hwy, +1 508 291-0442.
Silver Lake Motel, 3026 Cranberry Hwy, +1 508 295-1266.
Starlight Motel, 3102 Cranberry Hwy, +1 508 295-0216.
Stone Village Motel, 2739 Cranberry Hwy, +1 508 295-9600.

Splurge

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Bed and Breakfast

Cranberry Gardens Inn, 105 High Street, +1 508 295-9475, mdalbertbb@aol.com. Three rooms. $100-125
Mulberry Bed & Breakfast, 257 High Street, +1 508 295-0684. 3 rooms with 2 shared baths. $60-90 in season

Campground

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Go next

Nearby Cape Cod has much to offer. There is also a lot to see and do in the nearby cities of Boston, and Providence, each about one hour away. A day trip to New Bedford or Newport could be worthwhile.

Wareham (Massachusetts) - town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States