Buzzards Bay, MA

Buzzards Bay sits right on the mainland side of the Cape Cod Canal, offering a classic coastal setting in the town of Bourne. Home to around 4,300 residents, the village surrounds Buttermilk Bay and the canal entrance, providing plenty of scenic waterfront views, quiet inlets, and active boat basins. It is also home to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and the National Marine Life Center, which bring a lively blend of maritime tradition, student energy, and wildlife rescue to the local community.

ATTRAstronaut photograph ISS011-E-10856 was acquired July 22, 2005, with a Kodak 760C digital camera with a 400 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Center. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. / Public domain

Day-to-day life here is relaxed and convenient. Local children attend Bourne Public Schools, and neighbors often gather at Buzzards Bay Park for seasonal events or head to the paved canal trail for walking and cycling. Commuting is a major perk of living on the mainland side of Bourne, with easy access to Route 25, Route 28, and Route 6 making trips to Plymouth, New Bedford, or Boston straightforward while keeping the beaches of Cape Cod right in your backyard.