Veterans Park Beach — Attraction in Barnstable

This is a great beach for families with young children!!!

It's a small beach with a playground across the parking lot. We were there in late August. It wasn't crowded & we happily spent the entire day there.

The water isn't deep & it's relatively flat for a long way out. Since it's essentially a harbor, the water isn't rough and was considerably warmer than at other nearby beaches.

The bathrooms were big and cleaner than I expected.

My children spent the afternoon catching (and releasing) hermit crabs and small fish. We even saw a few crabs scurrying about in the water. We watched the tour boats going past toward Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. We made sandcastles. We even enjoyed a...

I met my husband up on Cape Cod, and this is the first beach he took me to. Coming from being a SOUTH NJ shore girl (Cape May, Wildwood), Kalmus Beach is a nice, refreshing place to be. The air is rejuvenating up there, and the beaches are pristine. I never see a ridiculous quantity of people there, and never run in to issues.

Whoever said something about a bunch of illegals obviously has some sort of other agenda going on. Remember, our country started out there...

Pay $ 20 at gate. Take the 1 lb dog on the edge of the parking lot, about 5 ft in, just in a little sand. Life guard comes over and says no dogs allowed on the beach. I said sign says dogs must be on a leash. Dog was on a leash. Nothing was said at gate or otherwise. Got back to the gate after being there 10 - 15 minutes, asked for my money back. I was denied. Not very nice at a Veterans Memorial in Cape Cod. We won't be...