Cape Cod vs Maine Coast

[andyzee]

In a thread concerning Cape Cod, a couple of folks chimed in saying how the Maine Coast is better. I've been to Cape Cod many times and love it, have only hit the Maine Coast once and then it was the southern most portion, so I really can't speak to it. I have to imagine that it's completly different from Cape Cod and as a result, it'l like comparing apples and oranges. So, what I'm asking is, educate me.

 

[ckofer]

VERSUS

 

[Hawkshot99]

Ill take the Virginia shore. Its warm!

Only pic I have from there.

 

[Greg]

So, what I'm asking is, educate me.

Impossible.

 

[wa-loaf]

If you like sand beaches there's southern Maine and the Cape.

If you like kayaking, sailing, hiking, climbing, and swimming in lakes. Go to Mt Desert Island. Personally I get bored at the beach really quick.

 

[andyzee]

So what I'm hearing is apples and oranges, both nice but different from one another.

 

[andyzee]

Impossible.

Guess I'll have to bring my helmet cam to film you doing the bumps on your belly this year. :smash:

 

[ckofer]

So what I'm hearing is apples and oranges, both nice but different from one another.

If you like to swim in the ocean without a wetsuit, go no further north than Cape Cod.

 

[andyzee]

If you like to swim in the ocean without a wetsuit, go no further north than Cape Cod.

That much I learned very quickly when I was in Maine. September, stepped into the ocean, only up to my ankles. Figured my feet would get used to the cold water, nope, never happened

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

In a thread concerning Cape Cod, a couple of folks chimed in saying how the Maine Coast is better. I've been to Cape Cod many times and love it, have only hit the Maine Coast once and then it was the southern most portion, so I really can't speak to it. I have to imagine that it's completly different from Cape Cod and as a result, it'l like comparing apples and oranges. So, what I'm asking is, educate me.

I haven't stayed in Cape Cod before but I have been to Nantucket and the Maine Coast is better because there is more to do...rides, games, and kind of a mellow NJ Shore feel..Nantucket was like 11 bucks for a grilledsteezesandwich..

anyway save your vacation time for ski season..lol..the beach is over-rated..

 

[andyzee]

I haven't stayed in Cape Cod before but I have been to Nantucket and the Maine Coast is better because there is more to do...rides, games, and kind of a mellow NJ Shore feel..Nantucket was like 11 bucks for a grilledsteezesandwich..

anyway save your vacation time for ski season..lol..the beach is over-rated..

News flash, you want Jersey shore, you don't go to Nantucket :-D

 

[Warp Daddy]

Different scenery and differeet vibe . Both are unique and worthy of your time and $$

Neither disappoints :

Kinda like choosing between 2 beautiful women with distinctive personalities .and looks

 

[andyzee]

Different scenery and differeet vibe . Both are unique and worthy of your time and $$

Neither disappoints :

Kinda like choosing between 2 beautiful women with distinctive personalities .and looks

Well put.

 

[ccskier]

Ok, of course I am biased here. I will say that both are beautiful places. In college my two best friends were from Cape Elizabeth, so I have been able to experience both. I do have to say that both are similar yet different. Maine has Oqunquit, we have P-town. I was fortunate to have grown up here on the Cape and even more fortunate to be able to live and raise my family here now, oh yeah I am also very fortunate to marry a gal who is from Northern VT, so I have the best of both worlds. Yes, people live on the Cape year round and yes we have jobs, I was at a pre-wedding party a few summers ago and one of the guest from New Jersey asked if we even worked or were independently wealthy, WHAT!!!

There are different sections of the Cape that really holds it's beauty. Hyannis, NO WAY, FRIGGING DUMP, only good for the ferry's and main street. Once you get past exit 7 on the Mid-Cape highway you can start to see how the Cape chills out, each town progresses into relaxation. To see the Cape's real beauty do this, when you get onto the Cape take 6A right from the bridge. You will wind across the northern side of the Cape, once in Dennis do down 134 to 28, follow through Harwich into Chatham, back around to Orleans, and back onto Route 6 in Eastham, etc... You will really get a feel for the Cape on that drive. There are still a lot of outdoor activities here on the Cape, kayaking, biking, walking, boating, etc... Take a ride on the Rail Trail, walk around the villages of each town. Some of the coolest things are the hidden jems that everyone over looks. Do not buy just a Cape Cod Bracelet, go to Eden in Dennis and get the real deal, make sure it has the stamp inside.

Cape Cod is a beautiful place. To really enjoy it, come in September once all of the crazies leave, that is when you can get a meal w/ less than 1.5 hour wait, drive down 28 if it is not sunny and best of all the water is still warm.

 

[andyzee]

One of my favorites is Coast Guard Beach in Chatham at night as the light sweeps the water.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

nothing says gay like Cape Cod .. not that there is anything wrong with that ...;-)

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[deadheadskier]

I feel like I'm fairly qualified to answer this question as I lived on Cape Cod for six months on two separate occasions (2 seasons) and lived in southern Maine for two and a half years.


As ccskier pointed out, there are many different parts of the Cape, each with a different flavor. You can take this same statement and multiply it by ten for Maine as the coastline for Maine is 3500 miles long .

If a beach vacation is what you're after, Cape Cod would be a better bet. There are many more miles of sandy beaches on the Cape than Maine and as I mentioned earlier, the water is far warmer. That said, when I lived in Maine I swam in the ocean far more than when I was on the Cape. This purely had to do with the fact that on the Cape I was living in Dennis and there are no waves on that part of the Cape. I would have to drive further out to get to the waves and dealing with the traffic to do so was a pain in the ass.

Now if you want a vacation that's a bit more rounded, Maine might be a better bet. From the southern coast of Maine you can be hiking in the whites in under two hours. You've also got a small very cool city in Portland if you enjoy that sort of thing. Come in August if you still want to swim as the water though cold is manageable. Maine also has more in the way of amusement and water parks. There are a few small ones south of Portland that are haoky, but fun.

I still enjoy visiting the Cape and appreciate it's quaint qualities. I wouldn't want to live there though unless I had an arrangement like ccskier where I had a place to stay in ski country on weekends during winter. When I was down there, by mid-October I was ready to get out of there.

They're both worth a visit.

 

[Greg]

once in Dennis do down 134 to 28, follow through Harwich into Chatham, back around to Orleans, and back onto Route 6 in Eastham, etc... You will really get a feel for the Cape on that drive.

I really love the West Dennis to Chatham stretch.

Do not buy just a Cape Cod Bracelet, go to Eden in Dennis and get the real deal, make sure it has the stamp inside.

And be prepared to wait. My wife had me do that once with her and I vowed to never do that again. A hundred or more women cackling in a 2 hour line. No thank you.

 

[deadheadskier]

hmmm.....never heard of a cape cod bracelet when I lived down there, but that was 12 years ago. Are they all the rage these days?

 

[ccskier]

hmmm.....never heard of a cape cod bracelet when I lived down there, but that was 12 years ago. Are they all the rage these days?

It is really the Dennis Bracelet. Silver with a gold screw ball, I am sure you have seen them. The old man at Eden who started making them never pattented or anything and everyone else stole it then calling it the Cape Cod Bracelet.