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A ROUND CA PE COD
Located in Barnstable Village along Route 6A, the Cape Cod Organic Farm is
a certified organic farm that grows organic fruits and vegetables, cut flowers,
herbs, and native grasses used in land restoration. The farmers sell their produce
at farmers’ markets across the Cape, and also have their own small farm stand on
site and host a seasonal CSA program.
Arts
Throughout the villages of Barnstable art flourishes. There are the quaint art shanties of
the HyArts Cultural District in Hyannis, the renowned Cotuit Center for the Arts, the Cape
Symphony Orchestra at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center at Barnstable High School,
and fine art galleries along 6A in Barnstable Village and West Barnstable. Many exhibits and
events throughout town are coordinated and publicized by Arts Barnstable, the arts and culture
division of town government. The town is part of the Mid-Cape Cultural Council, which grants
funding to local artists for a wide variety of projects.
Culture
Museums in the town of Barnstable include the John F. Kennedy Museum in downtown
Hyannis, the Cape Cod Maritime Museum on Hyannis Harbor, The Cahoon Museum of
American Art in Cotuit, the US Coast Guard Heritage Museum in Barnstable Village, and the
Osterville and Centerville Historical Museums. Tales of Cape Cod, headquartered in the historic
Old Colonial Courthouse on Route 6A, is a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and disseminating
Cape Cod’s unique history. Each of the seven villages has its own public library and the Cape
Cod Baseball League has two teams in Barnstable, the Hyannis Harbor Hawks and the Cotuit
Kettleers.
Education
Preschool children in Barnstable can attend Enoch Cobb Early Learning Center for preschool
children. There are five elementary schools for kindergarten through third grade: Barnstable/
West Barnstable Elementary, Centerville Elementary School, Barnstable Community Innovation
School, Hyannis West Elementary, and West Villages Elementary. Barnstable United Elementary
teaches grades four and five, and Barnstable Intermediate School is for students in grades six
and seven. Barnstable High School, located in Hyannis, serves students in grades eight through
twelve. The Sturgis Charter Public School is also in Hyannis. Students can gain admission to
Sturgis, which offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, via a lottery. Private
schools in Barnstable include St. John Paul II School, a Hyannis-based Catholic preparatory
school educating students in grades five through twelve, Trinity Christian Academy, which
teaches faith-based education to children in pre-kindergarten through high school, and the
top-ranked Cape Cod Academy, an independent coed college preparatory school for grades
kindergarten through grade twelve. Cape Cod Community College, a two-year community
college, is located in West Barnstable.
Geography
The town of Barnstable is approximately 70 miles southeast of Boston, located in the Mid-Cape.
The town has a total area of just over 76 square miles, with around 22 percent of its acreage
being water. According to the town of Barnstable, there are 182 freshwater ponds, 93 of which
are one acre or more. Also, 25 of its ponds are greater than 10 acres and are thus considered
“great ponds.” The largest of these is Wequaquet Lake in Centerville, from which the Centerville
River flows. This central part of town has an abundance of pitch pine and oak woodlands,
while the northern edge of Barnstable is defined by the dunes of Sandy Neck along Barnstable
Harbor.
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