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The 9 Best Budget-friendly Things to do in Truro, Massachusetts (MA)
Truro /ˈtrɜːroʊ/ is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, comprising two villages: Truro and North Truro. Located slightly more than 100 miles (160 km) by road from Boston, it is a summer vacation community just south of the northern tip of Cape Cod, in an area known as the "Outer Cape". English colonists named it after Truro in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
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1. Hopper House Tours
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 135 reviews
Every HOPPER HOUSE TOUR is a private tour for your group ONLY! YOU WILL DRIVE YOUR OWN CAR - only ONE car may follow guide's car. Two-way radios will be used to communicate car-to-car. Fall is such a great time for a tour that takes you on back roads and hidden places to see the vistas and beautiful light where Edward and Josephine Hopper painted prolifically in the early 1930s. Hopper painted the tour guide's family farm five times as well as nearby homes where she has been a guest numerous times. You will enjoy seeing rural Truro & learning about a combination of art, history, architecture & the changes to the treeless landscape since Hopper painted. Lisbeth Wiley Chapman, Tour Guide, will meet you in the parking lot for Highland Light Lighthouse, North Truro, driving a light blue Subaru Crosstrek. One tour a day at 9:30 a.m. - only one car at a time, so please load up your family & friends. Bathrooms are very scarce this year, so plan accordingly. Go to bottom of website to book.
2. Reelezee Sport Fishing Charters
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 100 reviews
We are a family friendly Sport Fishing Charter service. We specialize in helping novice to mid level anglers and families enjoy a memorable day on the water. Older folks appreciate the fully enclosed Salon and young families welcome the below deck private bathroom. We have an excellent, experienced full time mate who is a High School teacher in the “off” season. He gets along easily with young children and young adults. We offer lobstering and private whale watches as part of a combination fishing charter. We depart daily from the scenic Pamet Harbor in Truro or Provincetown Harbor. We have one boat, The Nauset, and Joe Francis, with over 40 years of experience, will captain every charter that is booked. We are not a booking agent for other captains. Let us help you make your vacation to the outer Cape a memory that will last a lifetime.
3. Highland Light
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 341 reviews
This lighthouse was the first light sailors glimpsed when reaching this side of the Atlantic Ocean.
Reviewed By iheartbigpapi - Boston, United States
You can’t pass up seeing the first light house in Cape Cod, which was commissioned by then President George Washington and built in the late 1700s.
4. Ballston Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 37 reviews
Reviewed By robertdX5565YJ - Milton, United States
I felt like I died and went to heaven! Miles of beach in either direction. The Atlantic Ocean stretching endlessly in front of you. A surreal, cerulean, blue sky above. Few other people here during our April trip. The water was cold but you could dip your toes in. I walked 2 miles in both directions from the parking lot. No seals but what I did encounter was a beautiful landscape that felt otherworldly. Nirvana! Supreme bliss! Don't tell anyone else about this gem!
5. Corn Hill Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 66 reviews
Reviewed By 2paulaw - Yardley, United States
The family house is within a mile of this beach so we love that it is close. There is less fear of the sharks to swim here so we can relax a bit more. We like to clam here and my boys liked to fish. a great, kid friendly beach due to the gentle waves.
6. Head of the Meadow Beach
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4.5 based on 142 reviews
Reviewed By 46oceangirl - Westford, United States
We came here last weekend, twice. It was a heat wave weekend, 4 day sof 90 degree's. All the national seashore beaches Marconi, Coastguard, Nauset Light, by 9am the lots were full We headed to Head of the meadow on recommendation from friends who are locals in the summer time. Because there was now lifeguards to the left parking lot, it was free! Big lot, bathrooms, and steep hill incline to get to the beach. Has to be one of my favorite places. Pristines sand, no rocks, plenty of room to social distance. Carry in and carry out. There were whales and seals from the shore, so cool to see a whale breach as your looking at the ocean. The waves were really good on Saturday, quieter on Sunday, a few tide pools when the tide is out. There is a resident lot which is big and i honestly don't think someone without a sticker can park there. Get there no later than 11am or it will be full. Best beach and a bit of a drive but so worth it!
7. Coast Guard Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 26 reviews
Reviewed By BillSure - Boston, United States
Went with family and friends Even with the Covid we kept our distance. Unlike longhook there is easy access to the beach. Water is cold early in July but we did dip. My daughter and boyfriend - who stayed later than we did - saw a whale breaching off shore. Seals are a regular sight but thank goodness no sharks - Enjoyable day
8. Longnook Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 42 reviews
Reviewed By Wanderer802534
Beautiful Beach - Like others said there is a dune that you need to walk down (and up!) We rented in Truro so we qualified for a beach pass. (June through Labor Day). We were curious about trying out a nude beach, so we pre-planned to visit this one before our weekly guests at our cottage showed up. Reading the other reviews here, we strolled about 10 minutes to the right and unpacked . We were the 1st ones there (9:30 am) so we were unsure if were we ok, but set a blanket out and disrobed. It was fun. We got a little nervous as people came near us , but the second couple that came set up about 20 yards from us and started to take their clothes off too. We got comfortable and did go to the water a few times.2 issues on the day we went 1st it was windy and the sand kept blowing. 2nd was the people going for a "walk" on the beach sneaking a peek. Overall we will go back maybe in Sept if not next year - Came back during the week to see the sunset and seals with family and friends
