Top 10 Things to Do on Cape Cod in June

June on Cape Cod brings First Fridays in downtown Orleans with free sips and a trolley, Cape Cod Baseball League opening day, the Chatham Harbor Run 10K, Nauset Light tours, and the opening of Wicked Waves waterpark.

Salty air and sandy feet season begins. Here is June, the month the Cape exhales into summer.

1. First Fridays: sip, shop and trolley, Orleans. Downtown opens its doors from 5 to 8 pm with complimentary sips, gallery nights, and a trolley looping the village.
2. Firebirds opening day, Orleans. Cape Cod Baseball League ball at Eldredge Park, where future major leaguers play for free.
3. Portuguese Festival and Blessing of the Fleet, Provincetown. One of the Cape's most joyful traditions.
4. Provincetown International Film Festival. Indie films and star sightings at land's end.
5. Taste of the Towns, Wellfleet. Come hungry.
6. Chatham Harbor Run 10K. A 45-year-old classic past Chatham Light on the last Saturday in June.
7. Nauset Light tours, Eastham. Climb the icon on Sundays and Wednesdays in season.
8. Craft cocktails at Rock Harbor Grille, Orleans. Take dad.
9. Wicked Waves waterpark opens, West Yarmouth. Cannonball season, officially.
10. Cape Escape mini golf, Orleans. Eighteen nautical holes with koi ponds and waterfalls, widely called the best mini golf on the Cape.

And when salty air and sandy feet season calls, come stay with us. The house sleeps 10, June dates are the sweet spot of full summer with a gentler calendar, and the Firebirds play a short walk away. Check your dates whenever you're ready.