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One of 1000 Great Places on Cape Cod

As the state prepares to assemble a list of 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts, the Cape Cod Times decided to give them a little help. In an online survey, the Times gave readers a chance to choose, from 103 notable spots in and around Cape Cod and the Islands spot, those that truly deserved to be called “great places.”Over the course of a week, 281 people responded to the survey. And the greatest are:

Top 25

Clay cliffs/Gay Head, Aquinnah, 153 votes
Truro Highlands/Links/Light, Truro, 149
Nauset Beach, Orleans, 146
Coast Guard Beach, Eastham, 144
Menemsha fishing village, Chilmark, 130
Cape Cod Canal, 130
Race Point, Provincetown, 123
Commercial Street, Provincetown, 116
Monomoy Island, Chatham, 111
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Falmouth, 111
Sandy Neck, Barnstable and Sandwich, 111
Tidal flats/Mayflower and Chapin beaches, Dennis, 108
Edgartown Light, Edgartown, 108
Marconi Beach/Station, Wellfleet, 107
Heritage Museum and Gardens, Sandwich, 106
Main Street, Nantucket, 106
The dunes, Provincetown, 104
Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, 103
The Rail Trail, 103
Nickerson State Park, Brewster, 102
The gingerbread houses, Oak Bluffs, 101
South Cape Beach, Mashpee, 97
The Black Dog Tavern, Tisbury, 95
Boardwalk area, Sandwich, 94
Sea captains’ homes along Route 6A, 92
Town winners
Regional: Cape Cod Canal, 130 votes
Barnstable: Craigville Beach, Centerville, 75
Bourne: Taylor’s Point/Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 80
Brewster: Nickerson State Park, 102
Chatham: Monomoy Island, 111
Dennis: Tidal flats/Mayflower and Chapin beaches, 108
Eastham: Coast Guard Beach, 144
Falmouth: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 111
Harwich: Victorian homes along Bank Street, 87
Mashpee: South Cape Beach, 97
Orleans: Nauset Beach, 146
Provincetown: Race Point, 123
Sandwich: Heritage Museum and Gardens, 106
Truro: Truro Highlands/Links/Light, 149
Wellfleet: Marconi Beach/Station, 107
Yarmouth: Gray’s Beach, 72
Nantucket: Main Street, 106
Aquinnah: Clay cliffs/Gay Head, 153
Chilmark: Menemsha fishing village, 130
Edgartown: Edgartown Light, 108
Oak Bluffs: The gingerbread houses, 101
Tisbury: The Black Dog Tavern, 95
West Tisbury: Lambert’s Cove, 83

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