Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Hyannis (Cape Cod), Verenigde Staten

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter shutdown (1 nov – 15 apr)

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter shutdown (1 nov – 15 apr)

Druk — Spring break in Verenigde Staten

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter shutdown (1 nov – 15 apr)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter shutdown (1 nov – 15 apr)

Topdrukte — Island ferry high season, Figawi race weekend

• Opening

  Island ferry high season

  20 mei – 15 okt · meestalZomerseizoen opentDrukBoek vroeg

  Hyannis is the mainland end of the Nantucket boats, and the summer timetable adds fast ferries and extra sailings from late May. Car spaces on the traditional boat are released months ahead and go the day they open. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Figawi race weekend

  22–31 mei · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  Several hundred boats race out to Nantucket on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend and party at both ends of it. It is the unofficial start of the Cape season and the first weekend rooms in Hyannis are hard to get. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Memorial Day weekend

  23–25 meiNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, opens the summer travel season: over the long weekend campsites and lodging book out, roads are slow, and parking at the most popular spots fills early in the day. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Island ferry high season, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Natuur

  White shark season

  1 jun – 31 okt · meestalDierenseizoenRisico

  White sharks follow the grey seals into Cape waters from early summer and are gone by late autumn, with the tagged detections peaking in August and September. It is the ocean side that closes for sightings, not the calmer Nantucket Sound beaches in town. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Island ferry high season (20 mei – 15 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Island ferry high season, Peak summer season

• Seizoen

  Peak summer season

  1 jul – 31 augSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  The whole Cape funnels through here for the boats, and Route 6 and the rotaries jam every Friday afternoon and Sunday evening. Main Street is at its best on a weekday morning before the day-boats land.

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  3–5 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Island ferry high season (20 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), White shark season (1 jun – 31 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Island ferry high season, Peak summer season

• Risico

  Hurricane season

  15 aug – 31 okt · meestalSluitingen

  New England catches the tail of Atlantic systems in late summer and autumn, and even a passing storm cancels the island ferries and takes the power out for a day or two. Direct hits are rare; disrupted travel is not. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 sepNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Island ferry high season (20 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), White shark season (1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)), Peak summer season (1 jul – 31 aug)

Topdrukte — Island ferry high season, Labor Day weekend

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Island ferry high season (20 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), White shark season (1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)), Hurricane season (15 aug – 31 okt (meestal)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 sep)

Druk — Island ferry high season

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Island ferry high season (20 mei – 15 okt (meestal)), White shark season (1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)), Hurricane season (15 aug – 31 okt (meestal))

Druk — Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

• Seizoen

  Winter shutdown

  1 nov – 15 aprSeizoensluitingSluitingen

  Most of the seasonal restaurants and shops close and the ferry drops to the winter timetable, though Hyannis keeps more open year-round than the rest of the Cape because people actually live here. Rates halve.

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter shutdown (1 nov – 15 apr)